The Thames Water Utilities Limited (Thames Tideway Tunnel) Order 2014

Application of pipe subways legislation

58.—(1) Where in the course of the construction or maintenance of the authorised project any part of public service works vested in the Mayor and Commonalty and Citizens of the City of London in accordance with Part V of the City of London (Various Powers) Act 1900(1) (“the 1900 Act”) is removed, disassembled or damaged and later reinstated, Part V of the 1900 Act (as amended) shall apply to the reinstated part of the works as if it had been constructed by the said Mayor and Commonalty and Citizens in accordance with that Part of that Act

(2) Where in the course of the construction or maintenance of the authorised project any part of a subway belonging to the Mayor and Commonalty and Citizens of the City of London or to the Lord Mayor and Citizens of the City of Westminster and to which the London County Council (Subways) Act 1893(2) (“the 1893 Act”) applies is removed, disassembled or damaged and later reinstated, the reinstated part of the subway shall vest in the said Mayor and Commonalty and Citizens of the City of London or in the Lord Mayor and Citizens of the City of Westminster as the case may be and the 1893 Act (as amended) shall apply to the reinstated part of the subway as if it had existed at the passing of that Act.

(3) Where in the course of the construction or maintenance of the authorised project any new pipe subway is constructed in the City of London or in the City of Westminster (not being a reinstatement of part of a subway removed, disassembled or damaged in the course of the authorised project), Part V of the 1900 Act (as amended) shall apply to the subway (if it is within the City of London) as if it was public service works constructed by the Mayor and Commonalty and Citizens of the City of London in accordance with that Part of that Act and the 1893 Act (as amended) shall apply to the pipe subway (if it is within the City of Westminster) as if it had existed at the passing of the Act.

(4) For the purposes of paragraph (2), “pipe subway” means any culvert, tube, receptacle or gallery under the surface of a street with the necessary approaches thereto adapted for the proper reception of pipes and wires placed therein; and for the purposes of this paragraph, “pipe” means any pipe, main, valve, tube, or channel, and “wire” means any wire, conductor or cable and any attachment thereto or any covering or protection thereof.

(5) Part V of the 1900 Act or (as the case may be) the 1893 Act shall not cease to apply to any public service works or (as the case may be) subway to which either Act applies prior to the commencement of the authorised project, and shall not fail to apply to any reinstatement or replacement thereof in the course of the authorised project, by virtue of the fact that land counted as a “street” for the purpose of either Act ceases so to be counted as a result of the exercise of a power conferred by this Order.

(1)

1900 c. ccxxviii

(2)

1893 c. ccii.