PART IPRELIMINARY
Citation and commencement
1. This Order may be cited as the Gateshead (Baltic Millennium Bridge) Order 1999 and shall come into force on 18th May 1999.
Interpretation
2.—(1) In this Order, unless the context otherwise requires–
“the 1965 Act” means the Compulsory Purchase Act 1965(1);
“the 1992 Rules” means the Transport and Works (Applications and Objections Procedure) Rules 1992;
“authorised works” means the scheduled works and any other works authorised by this Order;
“the Authority” means the Port of Tyne Authority;
“the book of reference” means the book of reference described in rule 7(5) of the 1992 Rules and certified by the Secretary of State as the book of reference for the purposes of this Order;
“the Borough Council” means the Council of the Borough of Gateshead;
“the bridge” means Work No. 1 described in the Schedule to this Order;
“the City Council” means the Council of the City of Newcastle upon Tyne;
“cycle” means a bicycle, a tricycle, or a cycle having four or more wheels, not being in any case a motor vehicle within the meaning of the Road Traffic Act 1988(2);
“the deposited plans” means the plans described in rule 7(1)(a) and (3) of the 1992 Rules and certified by the Secretary of State as the deposited plans for the purposes of this Order;
“the deposited sections” means the sections described in rule 7(2) of the 1992 Rules and certified by the Secretary of State as the deposited sections for the purposes of this Order;
“harbour master” has the same meaning as in the Port of Tyne Reorganisation Scheme 1967 Confirmation Order 1968(3);
“highway authority” has the same meaning as in the Highways Act 1980(4);
“the level of high-water” means the level of mean high-water springs;
“limits of deviation” means the limits of deviation shown on the deposited plans;
“maintain” includes inspect, repair, adjust, alter, remove, reconstruct and replace and “maintenance” shall be construed accordingly;
“maritime traffic” means vessels of any description having cause to use that part of the River Tyne in which the bridge is situated;
“the scheduled works” means the works specified in Schedule 1 to this Order;
“tidal waters” means such parts of the River Tyne as are tidal;
“tidal works” means any of the authorised works carried out in, on or over tidal waters;
“the tribunal” means the Lands Tribunal;
“Trinity House” means the Corporation of Trinity House of Deptford Strond;
“the undertaker” means the Borough Council; and
“vessel” means every description of vessel with or without means of propulsion of any kind and includes anything constructed or used to carry persons, goods, plant or machinery, or to be propelled or moved, on or by water, a seaplane on or in the water and a hovercraft within the meaning of the Hovercraft Act 1968(5).
(2) All directions, distances, lengths and points stated in any description of works or powers shall be construed as if the words “or thereabouts” were inserted after each such direction, distance, length and point.