Interpretation
2.—(1) In this Order—
“1961 Act” means the Land Compensation Act 1961(1);
“1965 Act” means the Compulsory Purchase Act 1965(2);
“1980 Act” means the Highways Act 1980(3);
“1990 Act” means the Town and Country Planning Act 1990(4));
“1991 Act” means the New Roads and Street Works Act 1991(5);
“2008 Act” means the Planning Act 2008(6));
“ancillary works” means the ancillary works described in Schedule 1 (authorised project) and any other works authorised by the Order and which are not development within the meaning of section 32 of the 2008 Act;
“application land” means the land on which the authorised project may take place and shown edged red on the application plan;
“application plan” means plan reference WS010003/WLL/PLANS/APPLICATION BOUNDARY indicating the extent of the application land;
“authorised development” means the development and associated development described in Schedule 1 (authorised project) and any other development authorised by this Order, which is development within the meaning of section 32 of the 2008 Act;
“authorised project” means the authorised development and the ancillary works authorised by this Order;
“book of reference” means the book of reference certified by the decision-maker 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;
“compulsory acquisition notice” means a notice served in accordance with section 134 of the 2008 Act;
“county planning authority” means Lancashire County Council;
“the environmental statement” means the document submitted with the application as the environmental statement, as amended and updated during the examination;
“highway” and “highway authority” have the same meaning as in the 1980 Act;
“land plan” means the plan certified as the land plan by the decision-maker for the purposes of this Order with reference WS010003/WLL/PLANS/LAND, drawing reference WL/Wl/10-14/18186;
“limits of deviation” means the limits of deviation referred to in article 8;
“maintain” includes maintain, inspect, repair, remove, clear, refurbish, reconstruct, replace and improve, but not so as to vary from the description of the authorised project in Schedule 1, and not such as to give rise to any significant adverse environmental effects that have not been assessed in the environmental statement or any supplementary information supplied pursuant to The Infrastructure Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) Regulations 2009(7), and “maintained” and “maintenance” are to be construed accordingly;
“Order land” means the land shown on the land plan which is in the limits of the land to be acquired and described in the book of reference;
“Order limits” means the limits shown on the works plan within which the authorised project may be carried out;
“owner” in relation to land, has the same meaning as in section 7 of the Acquisition of Land Act 1981(8);
“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;
“undertaker” means in relation to any provision of this Order, Whitemoss Landfill Limited and its successors in title, as well as any party to whom the benefit of the Order has been transferred pursuant to article 6;
“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;
“works plan” means the plan certified as the works plan by the decision-maker for the purposes of this Order with reference WS010003/WLL/PLANS/WORKS.
(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) All distances, directions and lengths referred to in this Order are approximate and distances between points on a work comprised in the authorised project are to be taken to be measured along that work.
1961 c.33. (as amended)
1965 c.56. Section 3 was amended by section 70 of, and paragraph 3 of Part 1 of Schedule 15 to, the Planning and Compensation Act 1991 (c.34). Section 4 was amended by Part 1 of Schedule 1 to the Housing (Consequential Provisions) Act 1985 (c.71). Section 5 was amended by sections 67 and 80 of, and Part 2 of Schedule 18 to, the Planning and Compensation Act 1991 (c.34). Subsection (1) of section 11 and sections 3, 31 and 32 were amended by section 34(1) of, and Schedule 4 to, the Acquisition of Land Act 1981 (c.67) and by section 14 of, and paragraph 12(1) of Schedule 5 to, the Church of England (Miscellaneous Provisions) Measure 2006 (2006 No.1). Section 12 was amended by section 56(2) of, and Part 1 to Schedule 9 to, the Courts Act 1971 (c.23). Section 13 was amended by section 139 of the Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007 (c.15). Section 20 was amended by section 70 of, and paragraph 14 of Schedule 15 to, the Planning and Compensation Act 1991 (c.34). Sections 9, 25 and 29 were amended by the Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1973 (c.39). Section 31 was also amended by section 70 of, and paragraph 19 of Schedule 15 to, the Planning and Compensation Act 1991 (c.34) and by section 14 of, and paragraph 12(2) of Schedule 5 to, the Church of England (Miscellaneous Provisions) Measure 2006 (2006 No.1). There are other amendments to the 1965 Act which are not relevant to this Order.
1980 c.66. Section 1(1) was amended by section 21(2) of the New Roads and Street Works Act 1991 (c.22); sections 1(2), 1(3) and l(4) were amended by section 8 of, and paragraph (1) of Schedule 4 to, the Local Government Act 1985 (c.51); section 1(2A) was inserted, and section 1(3) was amended, by section 259 (1), (2) and (3) of the Greater London Authority Act 1999 (c.29); sections 1(3A) and 1(5) were inserted by section 22(1) of, and paragraph 1 of Schedule 7 to, the Local Government (Wales) Act 1994 (c.19). Section 36(2) was amended by section 4(1) of, and paragraphs 47(a) and (b) of Schedule 2 to, the Housing (Consequential Provisions) Act 1985 (c.71), by S.I. 2006/1177, by section 4 of, and paragraph 45(3) of Schedule 2 to, the Planning (Consequential Provisions) Act 1990 (c.11), by section 64(1) (2) and (3) of the Transport and Works Act (c.42) and by section 57 of, and paragraph 5 of Part 1 of Schedule 6 to, the Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000 (c.37); section 36(3A) was inserted by section 64(4) of the Transport and Works Act 1992 and was amended by S.I. 2006/1177; section 36(6) was amended by section 8 of, and paragraph 7 of Schedule 4 to, the Local Government Act 1985 (c.51); and section 36(7) was inserted by section 22(1) of, and paragraph 4 of Schedule 7 to, the Local Government (Wales) Act 1994 (c.19). Section 329 was amended by section 112(4) of, and Schedule 18 to, the Electricity Act 1989 (c.29) and by section 190(3) of, and Part 1 of Schedule 27 to, the Water Act 1989 (c,15). There are other amendments to the 1980 Act which are not relevant to this Order.
1990 c.8. section 206(1) was amended by section 192(8) of, and paragraphs 7 and 11 of Schedule 8 to, the Planning Act 2008 (c.29) (date in force to be appointed see section 241(3), (4)(a), (c) of the 2008 Act). There are other amendments to the 1990 Act which are not relevant to this Order.
1991 c.22. Section 48(3A) was inserted by section 124 of the Local Transport Act 2008 (c.26). Sections 79(4), 80(4), and 83(4) were amended by section 40 of, and Schedule 1 to, the Traffic Management Act 2004 (c.18).
2008 c.29. (as amended)
SI 2009/2263 (as amended)
1981 c.67. Section 7 was amended by section 70 of, and paragraph 9 of Part 1 of Schedule 15 to, the Planning and Compensation Act 1991 (c.34). There are other amendments to the 1981 Act which are not relevant to this Order.