The West Midlands Rail Freight Interchange Order 2020

Powers requiring consent of the Trust U.K.

3.—(1) Where under this Part of this Schedule or anywhere else under this Order the Trust (or the engineer) is required to give its consent or approval in respect of any matter, that consent or approval is subject to the condition that the Trust must observe the provisions of its code of practice for works affecting waterways and where the code of practice is adhered to and its provisions observed, such consent must not be unreasonably withheld or delayed. Any consent may be issued subject to reasonable conditions including any condition which requires compliance with the code of practice or any applicable part and any condition which requires the payment of such charges/fees/costs as are typically charged by the Trust and in respect of article 21 (discharge of water), it is reasonable to impose the following conditions—

(a) requiring the payment of such charges as are typically charged by the owner of the relevant waterway;

(b) specifying the maximum volume of water which may be discharged in any period; and

(c) authorising the Trust on giving reasonable notice (except in an emergency, when the Trust may require immediate suspension) to the undertaker to require the undertaker to suspend the discharge of water or reduce the flow of water where this is necessary by reason of any operational or environmental requirement of the Trust.

(2) In so far as any specified work or the acquisition of rights under and/or over or use of the waterway is or may be subject to the code of practice, the Trust must—

(a) co-operate with the undertaker with a view to avoiding undue delay and securing conformity as between any plans approved by the engineer and requirements emanating from that code or any other reasonable requirements of the Trust or the engineer; and

(b) use its reasonable endeavours to avoid any conflict arising between the application of that code and the proper implementation of the authorised development pursuant to this Order.

(3) The undertaker must not in the exercise of the powers conferred by this Order prevent pedestrian or vehicular access to any of the waterway, unless preventing such access is with the consent of the Trust.

(4) The undertaker must not exercise the powers conferred by sections 271 (extinguishment of rights of statutory undertakers: preliminary notices) or 272 M1 (extinguishment of rights of electronic communications code network operators: preliminary notices) of the 1990 Act, or article 32 (statutory undertakers and operators of the electronic communications code network), in relation to any right of access of the Trust to the waterway, but such right of access may be diverted with the consent of the Trust .

(5) The undertaker must not exercise any power conferred by this Order to discharge water into the waterway under article 21 or in any way interfere with the supply of water to or the drainage of water from the waterway unless such exercise is with the consent of the Trust.

(6) The undertaker must not exercise any power conferred by article 22 (authority to survey and investigate land) or section 11(3) (powers of entry) of the 1965 Act, in relation to the waterway unless such exercise is with the written consent of the Trust.

(7) The undertaker must not exercise any power conferred by article 24 (compulsory acquisition of land) or article 25 (compulsory acquisition of rights) in respect of the Trusts interests in the waterway.

(8) The undertaker must not exercise any power conferred by article 34 (temporary use of land for carrying out the authorised development) or article 35 (temporary use of land for maintaining the authorised development) in respect of the waterway unless such exercise is with the consent of the Trust.

(9) The undertaker must not exercise any power conferred by this Order to construct a bridge spanning the waterway without the consent of the Trust with the exception of the powers of acquisition of rights over those interests held by third parties required to facilitate the construction of a bridge over the canal.

(10) The undertaker must not exercise any power conferred by this Order to construct a culvert under the waterway without the consent of the Trust.

(11) The undertaker must not exercise the power conferred by article 4 (parameters of authorised development) in respect of any bridges over the waterway without the consent of the Trust.

(12) The undertaker must not exercise any power conferred by article 41 (felling or lopping of trees and removal of hedgerows) in respect of tree, shrub or hedgerow within an area of the specified work unless such power is exercised with the consent of the Trust.

(13) The undertaker must not demolish the canal crossings (as identified on the parameter plans (Document 2.5)) without first agreeing with the Trust the timescales and methodology of the demolition and the demolition must thereafter be carried out in accordance with the agreed methodology and timescale.

(14) The undertaker must not exercise any power conferred by this Order to stop up any public rights of navigation on the canal other than with the consent of the Trust.

(15) Where the Trust is asked to give its consent pursuant to this paragraph, such consent must not be unreasonably withheld or delayed but may be given subject to reasonable conditions.

(16) Where the undertaker is required to obtain the Trust's consent in accordance with this Order, such consent must be obtained in writing.

(17) The undertaker must consult and have regard to representations made by the Trust in relation to any details submitted to the local planning authority for approval under any of the requirements relating to so much of the authorised development as is situated upon, across, under, over or within 150 metres of, or may in any way affect, the waterway; this includes requirements 3, 4(2)(b), (c), (e), (h) and (n), 4(4), 6, 12, 13, 16, 17, 18, 20, 26, 27 and 30.

(18) Article 21(9) does not apply in relation to the Trust and accordingly there can be no deemed approval in respect of the discharge of any water into the waterway.

Marginal Citations

M1 Section 272 was amended by paragraph 103(1) and (2) of Schedule 17 to the Communications Act 2003 (c. 21).