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Land Drainage Act 1991

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Section 67.

SCHEDULE 6Protection for Particular Undertakings

Undertakings protected by Schedule

1(1)The following are the undertakings protected by this Schedule, that is to say—

(a)the undertakings of the NRA, the Civil Aviation Authority, the British Coal Corporation and the Post Office;

(b)the undertaking of any water undertaker or sewerage undertaker;

(c)any undertaking consisting in the running of a telecommunications code system, within the meaning of Schedule 4 to the [1984 c. 12.] Telecommunications Act 1984;

(d)any airport to which Part V of the [1986 c. 31.] Airports Act 1986 applies;

(e)the undertaking of any public gas supplier within the meaning of Part I of the [1986 c. 44.] Gas Act 1986;

(f)the undertaking of any person authorised by a licence under Part I of the [1989 c. 29.] Electricity Act 1989 to generate, transmit or supply electricity;

(g)the undertaking of any navigation authority, harbour authority or conservancy authority;

(i)any public utility undertaking carried on by a local authority under any Act or under any order having the force of an Act.

(2)For the purposes of this Schedule any reference in this Schedule, in relation to any such airport as is mentioned in sub-paragraph (1)(d) above, to the persons carrying on the undertaking is a reference to the airport operator.

Protection for statutory powers and jurisdiction

2Without prejudice to any power under this Act to transfer the functions of any authority or to vary navigation rights, nothing in this Act shall confer power to do anything which prejudices the exercise of any statutory power, authority or jurisdiction from time to time vested in or exercisable by any persons carrying on an undertaking protected by this Schedule.

General provisions protecting undertakings

3Nothing in this Act or in any order under this Act shall authorise any person, except with the consent of the persons carrying on an undertaking protected by this Schedule, to do any work which, whether directly or indirectly, interferes or will interfere—

(a)with the works or any property which is vested in, or under the control of, the persons carrying on that undertaking, in their capacity as such; or

(b)with the use of any such works or property,

in such a manner as to affect injuriously those works or that property or the carrying on of that undertaking.

Special protection for railways etc.

4Without prejudice to the preceding provisions of this Schedule, nothing in the provisions of this Act shall authorise any person, except with the consent of the British Railways Board, London Regional Transport or, as the case may be, the railway company in question, to interfere with—

(a)any railway bridge or any other work connected with a railway; or

(b)the structure, use or maintenance of a railway or the traffic on it.

Conditions of consent and grounds for refusal

5A consent for the purposes of paragraph 3 or 4 above may be given subject to reasonable conditions but shall not be unreasonably withheld.

Determination of disputes

6If any question arises under this Schedule—

(a)as to whether anything done or proposed to be done interferes or will interfere as mentioned in paragraph 3 or 4 above;

(b)as to whether any consent for the purposes of this Schedule is being unreasonably withheld; or

(c)as to whether any condition subject to which any such consent has been given was reasonable,

that question shall be referred to a single arbitrator to be agreed between the parties or, failing such an agreement, to be appointed by the President of the Institution of Civil Engineers.

Table of Derivations

Notes:

1The following abbreviations are used in this Table:—

1976= The Land Drainage Act 1976 (c. 70)
1980(MCA)= The Magistrates' Courts Act 1980 (c. 43)
1982(CJA)= The Criminal Justice Act 1982 (c. 48)
1984= The Telecommunications Act 1984 (c. 12)
1985(LG)= The Local Government Act 1985 (c. 51)
1989= The Water Act 1989 (c. 15)
1989(EA)= The Electricity Act 1989 (c. 29)
1990= The Environmental Protection Act 1990 (c. 43)
R: (followed by a number)= The recommendation so numbered as set out in the Appendix to the Report of the Law Commission (Cm. 1483).

2Transfer of functions orders (“TFOs”), where applicable in relation to a provision re-enacted in the consolidation Bills, are specified at the appropriate place in column 2 of the Table.

3General provisions contained in section 32 of the Magistrates' Courts Act 1980 (c. 43) and section 46 of the Criminal Justice Act 1982 (c. 48) provide, respectively, for the maximum fine on summary conviction of an either way offence to be the statutory maximum and for a reference to the amount of the maximum fine to which a person is liable in respect of a summary offence to become a reference to a level on the standard scale. Where the effect of one of these enactments is consolidated it is not referred to separately in column 2 of this Table.

Provision of ActDerivation
11976 ss. 6 & 7 & Sch 2 para 2; 1989 s. 140; SI 1990/72 reg 19(1) & (2); TFO: SI b1978/272 Sch 3 para 7(4) & (13).
21976 s. 14; 1989 Sch 15 para 1; TFO: SI 1978/272 Sch 3 para 7(4).
31976 ss. 11(1) & (3)–(5), 109(1),(5) & (6) & 114(3); 1989 Sch 15 para 1; SI 1991/983; TFO: SI 1978/272 Sch 3 para 7(4).
41976 ss. 11(2) & 12 & 109(1) & (6); 1989 Sch 15 para 1; SI 1991/983; TFO: SI 1978/272 Sch 3 para 7(4).
51976 ss. 13 & 109(1) & (6); 1989 Sch 15 para 1; SI 1991/983; TFO: SI 1978/272 Sch 3 para 7(4).
61976 s. 94; 1989 Sch 15 paras 1 & 33; TFO: SI 1978/272 Sch 3 para 7(8).
71976 ss. 15 & 116(4); 1989 Sch 15 para 1; TFO: SI 1978/272 Sch 3 para 7(4).
81976 ss. 24(2) & 28(1); 1989 Sch 15 paras 9(1) & 12(1).
91976 ss. 16(1)–(4) & 116(1); 1982(CJA) s. 38; 1989 Sch 15 para 1; TFO: SI 1978/272 Sch 3 para 7(4).
101976 s. 16(5)–(7); 1985(LG) Sch 7 para 2; 1989 Sch 15 para 1; TFO: SI 1978/272 Sch 3 para 7(4).
111976 s. 21; 1989 Sch 15 paras 1 & 6.
121989 ss. 8(1)–(3), (5)–(7) & 152(8).
131989 s. 9; 1990 Sch 9 para 17(2).
141976 ss. 17, 98(1) & (7) & 100(3); 1989 Sch 15 paras 1 & 5.
151976 ss. 8(1), 33, 98(1) & (7) & 100(3); 1989 Sch 15 para 1; 1990 Sch 15 para 18.
161976 s. 98(5), (5A) & (6); 1985(LG) Sch 7 para 6; 1989 Sch 15 para 1.
171976 ss. 98(8)–(13) & 116(4); 1989 Sch 15 para 1.
181976 ss. 30, 31(4)–(6), 100(1) & 109(1); 1989 Sch 15 paras 1 & 34; SI 1978/319 Sch para 1; TFO: SI 1978/272 Sch 3 para 7(5).
191976 ss. 8(1) & 23(2)–(5); 1984 Sch 4 para 66(1); 1989 Sch 15 paras 1 & 8; TFOs SI 1978/272 Sch 3 para 7(4) & (6); R: 16.
201976 ss. 8(1), 22, 99 & 116(4); 1985(LG) Sch 7 para 7; 1989 Sch 15 para 7.
211976 ss. 8(1); 24(2) & (3); 1989 Sch 15 paras 1 & 9(1).
221976 s. 93; 1989 Sch 15 para 32; TFO: SI 1978/272 Sch 3 para 7(3).
231976 ss. 28(1)–(3) & (10)–(11A), 109(1) & (2) & 116(4); 1989 Sch 15 paras 1, 12 & 35.
241976 s. 28(4)–(9); 1989 Sch 15 para 1; R: 9.
251976 ss. 8(1), 18 (1)–(7) & 97(1); 1982(CJA) s. 38; 1989 Sch 15 para 1.
261976 ss 18(8)–(11) & 97(3); 1989 Sch 15 para 1.
271976 s. 19; 1980(MCA) Sch 7 para 147; 1989 Sch 15 para 1.
281976 s. 40.
291976 ss. 40(2), 43 & 44; 1986 (c. 49) Sch 3 para 3; TFO SI 1978/272 Sch 3 para 7(3).
301976 ss. 40(4), 41, 43(3) & 44.
311976 ss. 42 & 44.
321976 ss. 25 & 109(1), (5) & (6); 1989 Sch 15 para 1; SI 1991/983; TFO: SI 1978/272 Sch 3 para 7(3).
331976 ss. 18(10) & 26(1)–(3); 1989 Sch 15 para 1; TFO: SI 1978/272 Sch 3 para 7(4) & (5).
341976 ss. 26(4)–(11) & 109 (6); 1989 Sch 15 para 1 & 10; SI 1991/983; TFO: SI 1978/272 Sch 3 para 7(4) & (5).
351976 ss. 8(1), 27 & 109 (1) & (5); 1989 Sch 15 paras 1 & 11; TFOs: SI 1978/272 Sch 3 para 7(4) & (5); SI 1983/1127 art 1(2)(a).
36SI 1990/72 regs 3 & 6(1).
37SI 1990/72 regs 15, 16 & 18.
381976 ss. 68(1), (5) & (6); 1989 Sch 15 paras 1 & 28; SI 1990/72 reg 17; TFO: SI 1978/272 Sch 3 para 7(4).
391976 s. 69(2)–(6); 1989 Sch 15 para 1; TFO: SI 1978/272 Sch 3 para 7(4) & (5).
401976 ss. 63(3) & 83; 1989 Sch 15 para 1; SI 1990/72 regs 5, 6(1) & 8(1)–(3).
411976 s. 64(1); 1989 Sch 15 para 27; SI 1990/72 regs 2 & 7(1) & Sch.
42SI 1990/72 reg 7(2), (3) & (5); SI 1991/523 reg 5.
431976 s. 67(1)–(3) & (8); SI 1990/72 reg 6(2).
441976 s. 67(4)–(7); SI 1990/72 regs 6(2) & 8(6).
451976 s. 78; SI 1989/440 Sch 2 para 4; SI 1990/72 regs 3, 5, 6(2) & 7(4); TFO: SI 1978/272 Sch 3 para 7(3).
461976 s. 79; SI 1989/440 Sch 2 para 4; SI 1990/72 reg 6(2).
471976 s. 68(4)–(9); 1989 Sch 15 paras 1 & 28; SI 1990/72 reg 6(2); TFO: SI 1978/272 Sch 3 para 7(4).
481976 ss 72(1) & (4) & 74; SI 1990/72 reg 8(4).
491976 ss. 71 & 72(4)–(6); SI 1990/72 reg 6(2(c).
501976 s. 76; SI 1990/72 reg 6(2).
511976 s. 77; SI 1990/72 reg 6(2); TFO: SI 1978/272 Sch 3 para 7(4).
521976 s. 75; TFO: SI 1978/272 Sch 3 para 7(4).
531976 s. 82; 1982(CJA) s. 38.
541976 ss. 72(7) & 80; SI 1990/72 reg 8(7) & (8).
551976 ss. 87, 104 & 107.
561976 ss. 8(1) & 88; 1989 Sch 15 paras 1 & 29.
571976 s. 84(4)–(8); 1989 Sch 15 para 1; TFO: SI 1978/272 Sch 3 para 7(4).
581976 s. 86; 1989 Sch 15 para 1; TFO: SI 1978/272 Sch 3 para 7(4).
591976 s. 91; 1989 Sch 15 para 1; TFO: SI 1978/272 Sch 3 para 7(3).
601976 s. 102.
611976 s. 110(3); 1985(LG) Sch 7 para 8.
621976 ss. 37 & 98(3), (5) & (6); IA s. 17; 1981 (c. 67) Sch 4 para 1; 1989 Sch 15 para 17; TFO: SI 1978/272 sch 3 para 7(4).
631976 s. 38; TFO: SI 1978/272 sch 3 para 7(4).
641976 ss. 39 & 103; 1982(CJA) s. 38.
651976 ss. 95 & 109(1) & (2); TFO: SI 1978/272 Sch 3 para 7(9).
661976 ss. 8(1), 34 & 98 & Sch 4 para 1; 1982(CJA) s. 38; 1989 Sch 15 para 15; TFO: SI 1978/272 Sch 3 para 7(3).
671976 ss. 111, 113 & 114; 1979 (c. 46) Sch 4 para 16; 1989 s. 160.
681976 s. 106.
691976 s. 96; 1982(CJA) s. 38; 1986 (c. 63) s. 42; TFO: SI 1978/272 Sch para 7(9).
701989 s. 174; R: 11.
711976 s. 108; 1989 s. 187; R: 14.
721976 ss. 24(1), 26(12) 104A & 116; 1985 Sch 7 para 9; SI 1986/208 Sch 1 Pt II para 4; SI 1990/72 regs 2, 6(2), 7(6), 8(5) & 9(3); SI 1991/523 reg 5(c); R: 16.
731976 s. 8(2); TFO: SI 1978/272 Sch 3 para 7(5); R: 8.
741976 s. 115; 1989 s. 192.
751989 s. 193.
Sch 11976 ss. 7(3) & 83 & Sch 2 paras 1–6 & Pt II; SI 1978/319 Sch para 7(4); 1989 Sch 15 para 40; SI 1990/72 regs 6, 7(6), 19 & 20; SI 1991/523 reg 5(c) & 7; TFO: SI 1978/272 Sch 3 para 7(4); R: 7.
Sch 21976 s. 35 & Sch 2 paras 8 to 21; 1989 Sch 15 para 1; TFO: SI 1978/272 Sch 3 para 7(4); R: 10.
Sch 31976 109(4) & Sch 3; TFO: SI 1978/272 Sch 3 para 7(4), (5) & (12).
Sch 41976 ss. 31(1)–(3) & 100(1) & (2); 1989 Sch 15 para 1; TFO SI 1978/272 sch 3 para 7(5).
Sch 51976 Sch 4 paras 2–11; 1989 Sch 15 para 41; TFO: SI 1978/272 Sch 3 para 7(4).
Sch 61976 s. 112; 1984 (c. 12) Sch 4 para 66(1); 1984 (c. 32) Sch 6 para 12; 1986 (c. 31) Sch 2 para 5; 1986 (c. 44) Sch 7 para 25; 1987 (c. 3) Sch 1 para 32; 1989 Sch 15 para 37; 1989(EA) Sch 16 para 21.

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