The Network Rail (Ferryboat Lane Footbridge Reconstruction) (Land Acquisition) Order 2021

PART 1 PRELIMINARY

Citation and commencement

1.  This Order may be cited as the Network Rail (Ferryboat Lane Footbridge Reconstruction) (Land Acquisition) Order 2021 and comes into force on 1st April 2021.

Interpretation

2.—(1) In this Order—

“the 1961 Act” means the Land Compensation Act 1961(1);

“the 1965 Act” means the Compulsory Purchase Act 1965(2);

“the 1981 Act” means the Compulsory Purchase (Vesting Declarations) Act 1981(3);

“the 1990 Act” means the Town and Country Planning Act 1990(4);

“the 1991 Act” means the New Roads and Street Works Act 1991(5);

“address” includes any number or address used for the purposes of electronic transmission;

“book of reference” means the book of reference certified by the Secretary of State as the book of reference for the purposes of this Order;

“building” includes any structure or erection or any part of a building, structure or erection;

“deposited plan” means the plan certified by the Secretary of State as the deposited plan for the purposes of this Order;

“development” means the development authorised by a grant of planning permission under the 1990 Act, with the reference number 17/02551/FUL dated 6th April 2018 from Doncaster Metropolitan Borough Council, comprising the demolition of an existing footbridge and construction of a new footbridge, and any variation or replacement of that planning permission;

“electronic transmission” means a communication transmitted—

(a)

by means of an electronic communications network; or

(b)

by other means but while in electronic form,

and in this definition “electronic communications network” has the same meaning as in section 32(1) (meaning of electronic communications networks and services) of the Communications Act 2003(6);

“Network Rail” means Network Rail Infrastructure Limited (company number 02904587), whose registered office is at 1 Eversholt Street, London, NW1 2DN;

“owner”, in relation to land, has the same meaning as in section 7 (interpretation) of the Acquisition of Land Act 1981(7);

“statutory undertaker” means—

(a)

any person who is a statutory undertaker for the purposes of the 1990 Act; and

(b)

any public communications provider within the meaning of section 151(1) (interpretation of Chapter 1) of the Electronic Communications Act 2003; and

“the tribunal” means the Lands Chamber of the Upper Tribunal.

(1)

1961 c. 33.

(2)

1965 c. 56.

(3)

1981 c. 66.

(4)

1990 c. 8.

(5)

1991 c. 22.

(6)

2003 c. 21. Section 32(1) was amended by S.I. 2011/1210.

(7)

1981 c. 67. The definition of “owner” was amended by paragraph 9 of Schedule 15 to the Planning and Compensation Act 1991 (c. 34). There are other amendments to section 7 which are not relevant to this Order.