The Network Rail (East West Rail) (Bicester to Bedford Improvements) Order 2020

Disapplication of legislative provisions

5.—(1) The following provisions do not apply in relation to any works executed under the powers conferred by this Order—

(a) regulation 12(1)(a) (requirement for environmental permit) of the Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations 2016(1) in relation to the carrying out of a relevant flood risk activity;

(b) section 23 (prohibition on obstructions etc. in watercourses) of the Land Drainage Act 1991(2);

(c) paragraph 5 (consent required for alteration, removal or replacement of a designated feature) of Schedule 1 to the Flood and Water Management Act 2010(3);

(d) paragraph 7 (approval required for a drainage system for construction work) of Schedule 3 (sustainable drainage) to the Flood and Water Management Act 2010; and

(e) the provisions of any byelaws made under, or having effect as if made under, section 66 (powers to make byelaws) of the Land Drainage Act 1991, which require consent or approval for the carrying out of the works.

(2) In this article, “flood risk activity” means an activity described in paragraph 3(1)(a), (b) or (c) of Schedule 25 (flood risk activities and excluded flood risk activities) to the Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations 2016.

(1)

S.1. 2016/1154.

(2)

1991 c. 59.

(3)

2010 c. 29.