PART 1PRELIMINARY
Citation and commencement
1. This Order may be cited as the M1 Junction 10a (Grade Separation) Order 2013 and comes into force on 20th November 2013.
Interpretation
2.—(1) In this Order—
“the 1961 Act” means the Land Compensation Act 1961();
“the 1965 Act” means the Compulsory Purchase Act 1965();
“the 1980 Act” means the Highways Act 1980();
“the 1984 Act” means the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984();
“the 1990 Act” means the Town and Country Planning Act 1990();
“the 1991 Act” means the New Roads and Street Works Act 1991();
“the 2008 Act” means the Planning Act 2008;
“address” includes any number or address used for the purposes of electronic transmission;
“apparatus” has the same meaning as in Part 3 of the 1991 Act;
“the authorised development” means the development and associated development described in Schedule 1 (authorised development) and any other development authorised by this Order, which is development within the meaning of section 32 of the 2008 Act;
“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;
“compulsory acquisition notice” means a notice served in accordance with section 134 of the 2008 Act;
“demolition” means destruction and removal of existing infrastructure, buildings and the like required to facilitate, or which are incidental to, construction of the Works described in Schedule 1 (the authorised development); and such demolition may occur on one occasion or over any period of time.
“electronic transmission” means a communication transmitted—
(a)
by means of an electronic communications network; or
(b)
by other means but while in electronic form;
“the environmental context plans” means the plans certified as the environmental context plans by the Secretary of State for the purposes of this Order;
“the environmental statement” means the document certified as the environmental statement by the Secretary of State for the purposes of this Order;
“footpath” 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 as the land plans by the Secretary of State for the purposes of this Order;
“the limits of deviation” means the limits of deviation referred to in article 5 (limits of deviation);
“maintain” includes inspect, repair, adjust, alter, remove or reconstruct and any derivative of “maintain” is to be construed accordingly;
“Order land” means the land shown on the land plans as within the limits of land to be acquired or used permanently and temporarily, and described in the book of reference;
“the Order limits” means the limits of deviation shown on the works plans, within which the authorised development may be carried out;
“owner”, in relation to land, has the same meaning as in section 7 of the Acquisition of Land Act 1981();
“the relevant planning authority” means Luton Borough Council in relation to land in its area and Central Bedfordshire Council in relation to land in its area, and “the relevant planning authorities” means both of them;
“the sections” means the sections and other plans certified as the sections by the Secretary of State for the purposes of this Order;
“special road” means a highway which is a special road in accordance with section 16 of the 1980 Act or by virtue of an order granting development consent;
“statutory undertaker” means a statutory undertaker for the purposes of section 127(8), 128(5) or 129(2) of the 2008 Act;
“street” means a street within the meaning of section 48 of the 1991 Act, together with land on the verge of a street or between two carriageways, and 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 street plans” means the plans certified as the street plans by the Secretary of State for the purposes of this Order;
“tree preservation order” has the meaning given in section 198 of the 1990 Act;
“the tribunal” means the Lands Chamber of the Upper Tribunal;
“trunk road” means a highway which is a trunk road by virtue of—
(a)
section 10 or 19(1) of the 1980 Act;
(b)
an order or direction under section 10 of that Act;
(c)
an order granting development consent; or
“undertaker” means the person who has the benefit of this Order in accordance with section 156 of the 2008 Act and article 6 (benefit of Order);
“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; and
“the works plans” means the plans certified as the works plans by the Secretary of State 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 and references in this Order to the imposition of restrictive covenants are references to the creation of rights over land which interfere with the interests or rights of another and are for the benefit of land which is acquired under this Order or is otherwise comprised in the Order land.
(3) All distances, directions and lengths referred to in this Order are approximate and distances between points on a work comprised in the authorised development are to be taken to be measured along that work.
(4) For the purposes of this Order, all areas described in square metres in the book of reference are approximate.
(5) References in this Order to points identified by letters or numbers are to be construed as references to points so lettered or numbered on the street plans.
(6) References in this Order to numbered works are references to the works as numbered in Schedule 1.