The River Thames (Hungerford Footbridges) Order 1999

Interpretation

2.—(1) In this Order—

“the 1965 Act” means the Compulsory Purchase Act 1965(1);

“the 1991 Act” means the New Roads and Street Works Act 1991(2);

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

“the book of reference” means the book of reference certified by the Secretary of State as the book of reference for the purposes of this Order;

“building” includes any structure or erection or any part of a building, structure or erection;

“the deposited plans” means the Works Plan, the Land Plans and the Footpath Plan being the plans certified by the Secretary of State under those names as the deposited plans for the purposes of this Order;

“the deposited sections” means the sections certified by the Secretary of State as the deposited sections for the purposes of this Order;

“the existing Hungerford footbridge” means the existing footbridge over the River Thames immediately adjoining the Charing Cross Railway Bridge in the City of Westminster and the London Borough of Lambeth;

“highway” and “highway authority” have the same meaning as in the Highways Act 1980(3);

“the limits of deviation” means the limits of deviation for the scheduled works shown on the deposited plan entitled “Works Plan”;

“LRT” means London Regional Transport and includes any subsidiary of London Regional Transport (within the meaning of section 763 of the Companies Act 1985(4));

“maintain” includes inspect, repair, adjust, 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;

“the Port Authority” means the Port of London Authority;

“the scheduled works” means the works specified in Schedule 1 to this Order or any part of them;

“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;

“Trinity House” means the Corporation of Trinity House of Deptford Strond;

“the undertaker” means the Lord Mayor and Citizens of the City of Westminster;

“the undertaking” means the undertaking of the undertaker in connection with this Order.

(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, and references to the subsoil of any land include references to any cellar, basement, vault, arch or other construction forming part of any such land.

(3) All directions, distances, areas and dimensions stated in any description of works, powers or lands shall be construed as if the words “or thereabouts” were inserted after each such direction and length.

(1)

1965 c. 56.

(2)

1991 c. 22.

(3)

1980 c. 66.

(4)

1985 c. 6.