The Willington C Gas Pipeline (Correction) Order 2015

Statutory Instruments

2015 No. 1616

Infrastructure Planning

The Willington C Gas Pipeline (Correction) Order 2015

Made

18th August 2015

Coming into force

19th August 2015

The Willington C Gas Pipeline Order 2014 (the “Order”)(1), which granted development consent within the meaning of the Planning Act 2008 (the “Act”)(2), contained correctable errors within the meaning of the Act.

In accordance with paragraph 1(5)(a) of Schedule 4 to the Act, the Secretary of State received, before the end of the relevant period referred to in paragraph 1(6)(a) of that Schedule, a written request from RWE Generation UK plc to correct errors and omissions in the Order. In accordance with paragraph 1(7) of that Schedule, the Secretary of State informed Derbyshire County Council, East Staffordshire Borough Council, South Derbyshire District Council and Staffordshire County Council that the request had been received.

The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers in paragraph 1(4) and (8) of that Schedule, makes the following Order:

Citation and commencement

1.  This Order may be cited as the Willington C Gas Pipeline (Correction) Order 2015 and comes into force on 19th August 2015.

Corrections

2.  The Willington C Gas Pipeline Order 2014 is corrected as set out in the table in the Schedule, where—

(a) column 1 sets out where the correction is to be made; and

(b) column 2 sets out how the correction is to be made.

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change

Giles Scott

Head of National Infrastructure Consents and Coal Liabilities Unit

Department of Energy and Climate Change

18th August 2015

Article 2

SCHEDULE

(1)	(2)
Where correction is to be made	How correction is to be made
Article 2(1), definition of “local highway authority”	Insert at end of definition “or any successors to their statutory functions as highway authorities”
Article 2(1), definition of “National Grid Electricity”	Insert at end of definition “or any successor company performing the same functions”
Article 2(1), definition of “National Grid Gas”	Insert at end of definition “or any successor company performing the same functions”
Heading to article 16	Omit “existing rights in”
Article 16(1)	Omit “the existing rights in” Omit “are” wherever that word occurs and in each case substitute “is”
Article 22(1)	Omit “compulsory acquisition of the existing rights referred to in article 16 (compulsory acquisition of existing rights in land) and the compulsory creation and acquisition” and substitute “creation and compulsory acquisition” Omit “that provision” and substitute “those provisions”
Article 27	Insert the following paragraph after paragraph (a):
	“(aa)	impose the restrictive obligations specified in column 3 of Schedule 6 (land over which restrictive obligations and rights of support are required) over the Order land specified in column (2) of that Schedule;”
Article 33(1)(d)	Omit “UK/PWLC0233/C” and substitute “UKP/WLC/0233/C”
Schedule 1, Part 2, paragraph 1, definition of “county council”	Insert at end of definition “or any successors to their statutory functions as county planning authorities”

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Order)

The Order corrects errors and omissions in the Willington C Gas Pipeline Order 2014, which granted development consent under the Planning Act 2008, following a request from RWE Generation UK plc under paragraph 1(5)(a) of Schedule 4 to that Act.

(1)

S.I. 2014/3328.

(2)

2008 c.29. Paragraph 1 of Schedule 4 to the Planning Act 2008 was amended by paragraph 70 of Schedule 13, and Part 20 of Schedule 25, to the Localism Act 2011 (c.20) and by paragraph 4 of Schedule 8 to the Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009 (c.23). There are other amendments to the Planning Act 2008 which are not relevant to this Order.