The Silvertown Tunnel Order 2018

PART 1 GENERAL

Interpretation

1.  In this licence—

“the 2008 Act” means the Planning Act 2008;

“the 2009 Act” means the Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009;

“the Archaeological Written Scheme of Investigation” means the Archaeological Written Scheme of Investigation approved under paragraph 5(3)(b) of Schedule 2 (requirements) to the Order where it relates to any part of the river Thames;

“the authorised development” means the development described in Schedule 1 (authorised development) to the Order, and any other development within the meaning of section 32 (meaning of “development”) of the 2008 Act that is authorised by the Order;

“business day” means a day other than a Saturday or Sunday, which is not Christmas Day, Good Friday or a bank holiday under section 1 (bank holidays) of the Banking and Financial Dealings Act 1971(1);

“commence” means beginning to carry out any part of a licensed activity and “commenced” and “commencement” is to be construed accordingly;

“condition” means a condition in Part 2 of this licence and references in this licence to numbered conditions are to the conditions with those numbers in Part 2;

“the licence holder” means Transport for London and any transferee pursuant to article 59 of the Order;

“licensed activity” means any of the activities specified in paragraph 3 of this licence;

“the MMO” means the Marine Management Organisation;

“the Order” means the Silvertown Tunnel Order 2018(2);

“the River” means so much of the river Thames, the Thames estuary, rivers, streams, creeks, watercourses and the sea as is within the Port of London Authority’s limits as described in paragraph 2 of Schedule 1 to the Port of London Act 1968; and

“Work No. 20A” means the work of that description in Schedule 1 (authorised development) to the Order.

Contacts

2.—(1) Except where otherwise indicated, the main point of contact with the MMO and the address for email and postal returns and correspondence are as follows—

(a) Marine Management Organisation, Marine Licensing Team, Lancaster House, Hampshire Court, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE4 7YH; Tel. – 0300 123 1032, Fax – 0191 376 2681, Email – [e-mail];

(b) Marine Management Organisation, MMO Lowestoft, Pakefield Road, Lowestoft, Suffolk, NR33 0HT; Tel. – 01502 573 149 or 01502 572 769, Email – [e-mail]

(2) The contact details for the MMO Marine Pollution Response Team are Tel. (during office hours) – 0300 200 2024, Tel. (outside office hours) – 07770 977 825 or 0845 051 8486 and Email – [e-mail], or such replacement contact details notified to the licence holder in writing by the MMO.

Details of licensed marine activities

3.—(1) Subject to the licence conditions in Part 2, this licence authorises the licence holder (and any agent, contractor or subcontractor acting on their behalf) to carry out any licensable marine activities under section 66(1) (licensable marine activities) of the 2009 Act which—

(a) form part of, or are related to, the authorised development (including any maintenance dredging activities); and

(b) are not exempt from requiring a marine licence by virtue of any provision made under section 74 (exemptions specified by order) of the 2009 Act.

(2) The grid coordinates for the area of the river Thames within which the licence holder may carry out licensed activities are specified below and more particularly shown on the works plans—

Point reference	Latitude (DMS)	Longitude (DMS)
1	51.502086	0.011706655
2	51.501788	0.011218071
3	51.501519	0.010658691
4	51.501260	0.010056521
5	51.501261	0.00999893
6	51.501036	0.009441541
7	51.501100	0.009372319
8	51.500936	0.009019267
9	51.500165	0.009878706
10	51.500580	0.010876711
11	51.500875	0.01148046
12	51.500973	0.011585596
13	51.501295	0.012190542
14	51.501477	0.012587593
15	51.501782	0.013148567
16	51.502141	0.013726324
17	51.502528	0.014247686
18	51.502925	0.014683064
19	51.503485	0.014001723
20	51.504437	0.013035025
21	51.504757	0.013236467
22	51.504800	0.013368036
23	51.504926	0.013359183
24	51.504991	0.013203569
25	51.504949	0.013071999
26	51.505236	0.012047159
27	51.506233	0.010577994
28	51.505490	0.009320454
29	51.504395	0.010742076
30	51.502644	0.012711054
31	51.502373	0.012252441

(1)

1971 c. 80.

(2)

S.I. 2018/574.