The London Underground (Victoria Station Upgrade) Order 2009

Interpretation

2.—(1) In this Order—

“the 1961 Act” means the Land Compensation Act 1961(1);

“the 1965 Act” means the Compulsory Purchase Act 1965(2);

“the 1973 Act” means the Land Compensation Act 1973(3);

“the 1980 Act” means the Highways Act 1980(4);

“the 1981 Act” means the Acquisition of Land Act 1981(5);

“the 1984 Act” means the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984(6);

“the 1990 Act” means the Town and Country Planning Act 1990(7);

“the 1991 Act” means the New Roads and Street Works Act 1991(8);

“address” includes any number or address used for the purposes of electronic transmission;

“authorised works” means the scheduled works and any other works authorised by this Order, or any part of them;

“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;

“carriageway” has the same meaning as in the 1980 Act;

“the Company” means London Underground Limited, a company regulated by the Companies Act 1985(9) and registered in England and Wales under number 01900907;

“electronic transmission” means a communication transmitted—

(a)

by means of an electronic communications network; or

(b)

by other means but while in electronic form;

“enactment” includes any order, byelaw, rule, regulation, scheme or other instrument having effect by virtue of an enactment;

“footway” has the same meaning as in the 1980 Act;

“highway” and “highway authority” have the same meaning as in the 1980 Act;

“the land plans” means the plans certified by the Secretary of State as the land plans for the purposes of this Order;

“the limits of deviation” means the limits of lateral and vertical deviation for the scheduled works mentioned in article 5 (power to deviate);

“Little Ben” means the clock tower at the junction of Victoria Street, Wilton Road and Vauxhall Bridge Road;

“maintain” includes inspect, repair, adjust, alter, remove, reconstruct and replace and “maintenance” shall be construed accordingly;

“the Order limits” means the permanent limits and the temporary limits;

“owner”, in relation to land, has the same meaning as in the 1981 Act;

“the permanent limits” means the limits of deviation and the limits of land to be acquired or used permanently as shown on the works plans and the land plans respectively and described in the book of reference;

“the scheduled works” means the works specified in Schedule 1 (scheduled works), or any part of them;

“the sections” means the sections included in the works plans;

“street” includes part of a street;

“street authority”, in relation to a street, has the same meaning as in Part 3 of the 1991 Act;

“the temporary limits” means the limits of land to be acquired or used (street works and temporary use) as shown on the land plans, described in the book of reference and in relation to certain land specified in columns (1) and (2) of Schedule 6 (land of which temporary possession may be taken);

“the traffic regulation plan” means the plan certified by the Secretary of State as the traffic regulation plan for the purposes of this Order;

“the tribunal” means the Upper Tribunal; and

“the works plans” means the plans and sections certified by the Secretary of State as the works plans for the purposes of this Order.

(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 above its surface.

(3) Any reference in this Order to a work identified by the number of the work shall be construed as a reference to the work of that number authorised by this Order.

(4) All distances, directions, lengths, points and areas stated in the description of the scheduled works or in any description of powers or lands shall be construed as if the words “or thereabouts” were inserted after each such distance, direction, length, point and area, and distances between points on a scheduled work shall be taken to be measured along the scheduled work.

(1)

1961 c. 33.

(2)

1965 c. 56.

(3)

1973 c. 26.

(4)

1980 c. 66.

(5)

1981 c. 67.

(6)

1984 c. 27.

(7)

1990 c. 8.

(8)

1991 c. 22.

(9)

1985 c. 6.