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.