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 1990 Act” means the Town and Country Planning Act 1990(3);
“the 1991 Act” means the New Roads and Street Works Act 1991(4);
“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;
“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 Highways Act 1980(5);
“the Council” means Hertfordshire County Council;
“the Croxley Rail Link” means a railway transport system extending the London Underground Metropolitan Line services from Croxley to Watford Junction;
“deposited plans” means the plans certified by the Secretary of State 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;
“electronic transmission” means a communication transmitted—
by means of an electronic communications network; or
by other means but while in electronic form;
“footway” has the same meaning as in the Highways Act 1980;
“highway” and “highway authority” have the same meaning as in the Highways Act 1980;
“the limits of deviation” means the limits of deviation for the scheduled works shown on the deposited plans;
“the limits of land to be acquired or used” means the limits of land to be acquired or used shown on the deposited plans;
“LUL” means London Underground Limited (Company registration number 01900907) whose registered office is at 55 Broadway, London, SW1H 0BD;
“maintain” includes inspect, repair, adjust, alter, remove, reconstruct and replace, and “maintenance” is to be construed accordingly;
“Network Rail” means Network Rail Infrastructure Limited (Company registration number 02904587) whose registered office is at Kings Place, 90 York Way, London, N1 9AG;
“the Order limits” means the limits of deviation and the limits of land to be acquired or used;
“owner”, in relation to land, has the same meaning as in the Acquisition of Land Act 1981(6);
“the scheduled works” means the works specified in Schedule 1 (scheduled works) or any part of them;
“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 tribunal” means the Upper Tribunal; and
“watercourse” includes all rivers, streams, ditches, drains, canals, cuts, culverts, dykes, sluices, sewers and passages through which water flows except a public sewer or drain.
(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 airspace above its surface.
(3) Any reference in this Order to a work identified by the number of the work is to be construed as a reference to the work of that number authorised by this Order.
(4) References in this Order to numbered plots are references to plot numbers on the deposited plans.
(5) References in this Order to points identified by letters and numbers are to be construed as references to points on the deposited plans.
(6) All distances, directions and lengths stated in the description of the scheduled works or in any description of powers or lands are approximate, and distances between points on a scheduled work are taken to be measured along the scheduled work.