1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the Teesport (Land Acquisition) Order 2008 and shall come into force on 21st May 2008.
(2) The Teesport Acts and Orders 1966 to 2008(1) and this Order may be cited together as the Teesport Acts and Orders 1966 to 2008.
2.—(1) In this Order—
“the 1961 Act” means the Land Compensation Act 1961(2);
“the 1965 Act” means the Compulsory Purchase Act 1965(3);
“address” includes any number or address used for the purposes of electronic transmission;
“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;
“the Company” means PD Teesport Limited, a company incorporated under the Companies Act 1985(4), whose registered number is 2636007;
“electronic transmission” means a communication transmitted—
by means of an electronic communications network; or
by other means but while in electronic form;
“harbour” has the same meaning as in section 3 (Interpretation) of the Tees and Hartlepools Port Authority Act 1966(5);
“the land plans” means the plans certified by the Secretary of State as the land plans for the purposes of this Order;
“Northern Gateway Container Terminal” means the development of that part of the harbour for which planning permission was granted by Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council on 4th October 2007 and which includes the area in the River Tees to be reclaimed under the provisions of the Teesport Harbour Revision Order 2008(6);
“the tribunal” means the Lands Tribunal; and
“the undertaking” means the harbour undertaking of the Company as authorised from time to time.
(2) References in this Order to rights over land include references to rights to do, or to place and maintain, anything in, on or under land or in the air-space over its surface.
(3) All measurements stated in any description of lands in the book of reference shall be construed as if the words “or thereabouts” were inserted after each measurement.