The Network Rail (Blackthorn and Piddington) (Land Acquisition) Order 2015

PART 1 PRELIMINARY

Citation and commencement

1.  This Order may be cited as the Network Rail (Blackthorn and Piddington) (Land Acquisition) Order 2015 and comes into force on 30th September 2015.

Interpretation

2.—(1) In this Order—

“the 1961 Act” means the Land Compensation Act 1961(1);

“the 1965 Act” means the Compulsory Purchase Act 1965(2);

“the 1981 Act” means the Compulsory Purchase (Vesting Declarations) Act 1981(3);

“the 1990 Act” means the Town and Country Planning Act 1990(4);

“the 1991 Act” means the New Roads and Street Works Act 1991(5);

“authorised works” means the works authorised by the planning permission and any associated works authorised by the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015(6);

“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;

“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 land plans” means the plans certified by the Secretary of State as the land plans for the purposes of this Order;

“the limits of land to be acquired or used” means the limits so shown and described on the land plans;

“maintain” includes inspect, repair, adjust, alter, remove, reconstruct and replace, and “maintenance” is to be constructed accordingly;

“Network Rail” means Network Rail Infrastructure Limited (Company registration number 02904587) whose registered office is at 1 Eversholt Street, London NW1 2DN;

“the planning permission” means the planning permission granted by Cherwell District Council on 25th April 2014 reference number 13/01805/F and by Aylesbury Vale District Council on 4th July 2014 reference number 13/03285/APP;

“the tribunal” means the Lands Chamber of the Upper Tribunal; and

“the undertaking” means the railway undertaking of Network Rail as from time to time existing.

(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 over its surface.

(3) All measurements stated in any description of lands in the book of reference are approximate.

(4) References in this Order to numbered plots are references to plot numbers shown on the land plans.

(1)

1961 c. 33.

(2)

1965 c. 56.

(3)

1981 c. 66.

(4)

1990 c. 8.

(5)

1991 c. 22.

(6)

S.I. 2015/596.