High Speed Rail (West Midlands - Crewe) Act 2021

5(1)Section 74(1) of the 1984 Act (which requires local authority consent for the construction of a cellar or room below subsoil water level in, or as part of, a house, shop, inn, hotel or office) does not apply to the construction of a cellar or room in connection with a shop, inn, hotel or office which forms part of a railway station or other railway facility which is being used, or which is intended for use, by the nominated undertaker for the purposes of its undertaking under this Act.U.K.

(2)In sub-paragraph (1), “railway facility” includes a maintenance depot, electrical supply facility or stabling facility used for the purposes of a railway.