The Norfolk County Council (Norwich Northern Distributor Road (A1067 to A47(T))) Order 2015

23.—(1) In this part of this Schedule—

“alternative apparatus” means appropriate alternative apparatus to the reasonable satisfaction of the statutory undertaker to enable the statutory undertaker to fulfil its statutory functions in a manner no less efficient than previously;

“apparatus” means any mains, pipes or other apparatus belonging to or maintained by the statutory undertaker, any replacement apparatus and such other apparatus constructed under the powers conferred by this Order that becomes operational apparatus of the statutory undertaker for the purposes of gas transmission, distribution or supply and includes any structure in which apparatus is or is to be lodged or which gives or is to give access to apparatus;

“authorised works” has the same meaning as “authorised development” in article 2 (interpretation), and for the purposes of this Part of this Schedule includes the use and maintenance of the authorised works;

“functions” includes powers and duties;

“in”, in a context referring to apparatus or alternative apparatus in land, includes a reference to apparatus or alternative apparatus under, over, across, along or upon such land;

“plans” include all designs, drawings, specifications, method statements, soil reports, programmes, calculations, risk assessments and other documents that are reasonably necessary properly and sufficiently to describe and assess the works to be executed;

“the statutory undertaker” means National Grid or any of its entities including National Grid Gas plc as gas transporter within the meaning of Part 1 of the Gas Act 1986(1) with an interest in the Order land or in apparatus in the Order land.

(2) Nothing in this Part of this Schedule prevents the carrying out of environmental (including archaeological) investigations or site or soil surveys immediately upon this Order coming into force.

(1)

1986 c. 44.