Forth Crossing Act 2011

1. Introductory Text

2. Part 1 Works

   1. 1. Power to construct Forth Crossing etc.

   2. 2. Bridge proportions

   3. 3. Maximum construction height

   4. 4. Limits of deviation etc.

   5. 5. Bridge marking and lighting

   6. 6. Interference with navigation

   7. 7. Dredging etc.

   8. 8. Marine (Scotland) Act 2010

   9. 9. Interference with railways

   10. 10. Trees and shrubs

3. Part 2 Roads

   1. 11. Special roads

   2. 12. Trunk roads

   3. 13. Roads to be transferred to local roads authorities

   4. 14. Stopping up of roads

   5. 15. Stopping up of means of access

   6. 16. Extinction of rights of way

   7. 17. Solum of stopped up road

   8. 18. Works in roads where Ministers are not the roads authority

   9. 19. Access to public roads

   10. 20. Application of the Roads (Scotland) Act 1984

4. Part 3 Land

   1. 21. Incorporation of enactments

   2. 22. Compulsory acquisition of land

   3. 23. Acquisition of land by agreement

   4. 24. Acquisition of servitudes and other rights

   5. 25. Extinction of real burdens and servitudes etc.

   6. 26. Persons under a disability may grant servitudes, etc.

   7. 27. Registration of servitudes and other rights

   8. 28. Minerals

   9. 29. Time limit for compulsory acquisition

5. Part 4 Taking title to land

   1. Notice to treat procedure

      1. 30. Service of a notice to treat

      2. 31. Partial acquisitions using notice to treat procedure

      3. 32. Severance disputes (notice to treat procedure): Lands Tribunal

      4. 33. Severance of agricultural land

      5. 34. Notice to treat: time limit

   2. General vesting declarations

      1. 35. General vesting declarations

      2. 36. Duty to publicise general vesting declarations

6. Part 5 Powers to enter and use land

   1. 37. Temporary possession of land

   2. 38. Power to enter land for other purposes

   3. 39. Advance entry on land to be acquired

   4. 40. Notice of entry

   5. 41. Use of land

   6. 42. Duty to remedy damage etc.

   7. 43. No power to enter homes

   8. 44. Warrants authorising entry

   9. 45. Obstruction

   10. 46. Suspension of real burdens and servitudes etc.

7. Part 6 Compensation

   1. 47. Land Compensation (Scotland) Act 1963

   2. 48. Matters to be considered when assessing compensation

   3. 49. Matters to be ignored when assessing compensation

   4. 50. Compensation: partial acquisition etc.

   5. 51. Compensation: servitudes and other rights

   6. 52. Compensation: cutting down or lopping, or cutting back roots of, trees or shrubs

   7. 53. Compensation: stopping up

   8. 54. Compensation: entering and using land temporarily

   9. 55. Compensation: advance entry

   10. 56. Compensation where notice to treat becomes invalid

8. Part 7 Statutory undertakers

   1. 57. Apparatus affected by works

   2. 58. Works for roads purposes

   3. 59. Compensation for removal of water, gas, electricity or communications apparatus

   4. 60. Compensation for removal of public sewer

   5. 61. Apparatus in stopped up roads

9. Part 8 Planning permission, listed buildings and conservation areas

   1. 62. Planning permission

   2. 63. Relaxation of listed building controls

   3. 64. Demolition in conservation areas

   4. 65. Interpretation of Part 8

10. Part 9 Environmental matters

    1. 66. Mitigation of environmental impact

    2. 67. Compliance with code of construction practice and noise and vibration policy

    3. 68. Amendment of code of construction practice and noise and vibration policy

    4. 69. Protection of water environment

    5. 70. Control of noise: Control of Pollution Act 1974

    6. 71. Statutory nuisance: noise under the Environmental Protection Act 1990

11. Part 10 Miscellaneous

    1. 72. Blighted land

    2. 73. Certification of Parliamentary plans, etc.

    3. 74. Changes to Parliamentary plans or book of reference

    4. 75. Provision of information on the progress of the Forth Crossing works

    5. 76. Formal communications

    6. 77. Ancillary provision

    7. 78. Crown application

    8. 79. Interpretation

    9. 80. Commencement

    10. 81. Short title

12. 1. SCHEDULE 1

       Principal works

       1. In the local government area of the City of Edinburgh...

       2. In the local government area of West Lothian – Work...

       3. Crossing the Firth of Forth – Work No. B1 –...

       4. In the local government area of Fife – Work No....

    2. SCHEDULE 2

       Ancillary works

       1. 1. Works for accommodation of apparatus, plant or machinery.

       2. 2. Works for accommodation of site compounds (for example, compounds to...

       3. 3. Works to strengthen, underpin, protect, alter or demolish any building....

       4. 4. Works to stabilise the condition of any land.

       5. 5. Works for the purposes of flood prevention.

       6. 6. Works to alter the position of any existing apparatus or...

       7. 7. Works to install or provide lighting, apparatus, street furniture or...

       8. 8. Works to provide new, or to improve existing, means of...

       9. 9. Landscaping, drainage, ecological or other works to mitigate any adverse...

       10. 10. Works for the benefit or protection of premises affected by...

       11. 11. Works to remove any works carried out under this Act...

    3. SCHEDULE 3

       Special roads

    4. SCHEDULE 4

       Proposed trunk roads

    5. SCHEDULE 5

       Existing roads to become trunk roads on date determined by Ministers

    6. SCHEDULE 6

       Roads to be transferred to local roads authorities

    7. SCHEDULE 7

       Roads to be stopped up

       1. Part 1 Stopped up roads for which no substitute is listed

       2. Part 2 Stopped up roads for which substitute roads are listed

    8. SCHEDULE 8

       Means of access to be stopped up

       1. Part 1 Means of access for which no substitute is listed

       2. Part 2 Means of access for which a substitute is listed

    9. SCHEDULE 9

       Land which may be acquired

       1. Part 1 Acquisition of land

       2. Part 2 Acquisition of rights

    10. SCHEDULE 10

        Temporary possession of land

    11. SCHEDULE 11

        Listed buildings: authorised works