PART 1PRELIMINARY
Citation and commencement1
This Order may be cited as the Network Rail (Thameslink) (Land Acquisition) Order 2008 and shall come into force on 29th December 2008.
Interpretation2
1
In this Order—
“the 1961 Act” means the Land Compensation Act 19613;
“the 1965 Act” means the Compulsory Purchase Act 19654;
“the 2006 Order” means the Network Rail (Thameslink 2000) Order 20065;
“authorised works” means Works Nos. 10 and 13 authorised by the 2006 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;
“the land plans” means the plans certified by the Secretary of State as the land plans for the purposes of this Order;
“Network Rail” means Network Rail Infrastructure Limited;
“the tribunal” means the Lands Tribunal; and
“the undertaking” means the railway undertaking of Network Rail as from time to time existing.
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.