The London Underground (East London Line Extension) Order 1997

Interpretation

2.—(1) In this Order, unless the context otherwise requires–

“the 1845 Act” means the Railways Clauses Consolidation Act 1845(1);

“the 1961 Act” means the Land Compensation Act 1961(2);

“the 1965 Act” means the Compulsory Purchase Act 1965(3);

“the 1973 Act” means the Land Compensation Act 1973(4);

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

“authorised works” means the scheduled works and any other works authorised by this Order;

“the book of reference” means the book of reference described in rule 7(5) of the Applications Rules prepared in connection with the application for this Order and marked by the Secretary of State as “the book of reference” for the purposes of this Order;

“the Company” means London Underground Limited;

“the deposited plans” means the plans described in rule 7(1)(a) and 7(3) of the Applications Rules prepared in connection with the application for this Order and marked by the Secretary of State as “the plans” for the purposes of this Order and references to land shown on those plans are references to land so shown in pursuance of those rules;

“the deposited sections” means the sections described in rule 7(2) of the Applications Rules prepared in connection with the application for this Order and marked by the Secretary of State as “the sections” for the purposes of this Order;

“highway” and “highway authority” have the same meaning as in the Highways Act 1980(6);

“the limits” means the limits of deviation, the lines marked “Limit of Land to be Acquired” and the lines marked “Limit of Land to be Temporarily Used” shown on the deposited plans;

“the limits of deviation” means the lines marked “Limit of Deviation” shown on the deposited plans;

“maintain” includes inspect, repair, adjust, alter, remove, reconstruct and replace and “maintenance” shall be construed accordingly;

“owner”, in relation to land, means a person, other than a mortgagee not in possession, who is for the time being entitled to dispose of the fee simple of land (whether in possession or reversion) and includes a person holding, or entitled to the rents and profits of, the land under a lease or tenancy having an unexpired term exceeding 3 years;

“Railtrack” means Railtrack plc and includes any person who derives title to any property from Railtrack plc and holds that property for railway purposes;

“the railways board” means the British Railways Board;

“the scheduled works” means the works specified in Part I of Schedule 1 to this Order;

“street” includes part of a street;

“street authority”, in relation to a street, has the same meaning as in Part III of the 1991 Act;

“the tribunal” means the Lands Tribunal; and

“the waterways board” means the British Waterways Board;

(2) References in this Order to rights over land include references to rights to do, or to place and maintain, anything in or on land or in the air-space over its surface.

(1)

1845 c. 20.

(2)

1961 c. 33.

(3)

1965 c. 56.

(4)

1973 c. 26.

(5)

1991 c. 22.

(6)

1980 c. 66.