The Silvertown Tunnel Order 2018

Definitions E+W+S

33.  In this Part of this Schedule—

“construction” includes execution, placing, altering, replacing, relaying, renewal and works of maintenance within a maintenance period defined in article 30(14) (temporary use of land for maintaining the authorised development) and, in its application to a specified work which includes or comprises any operation, means the carrying out of that operation, and “construct” and “constructed” are to be construed accordingly;

“the PLA” means the Port of London Authority;

“plans” includes navigational risk assessments, plans, sections, elevations, drawings, specifications, programmes, construction methods and descriptions including, where applicable, such relevant hydraulic information about the river Thames as may be reasonably requested by the PLA;

“specified function” means any function of TfL under this Order (except any function under article 19 (compulsory acquisition of land), 22 (compulsory acquisition of rights) or 27 (acquisition of subsoil, etc., only)) the exercise of which may affect the river Thames or any function of the PLA;

“specified work” means any part of the authorised development (which for this purpose includes the removal of any part of the authorised development), which—

(a)

is, may be, or takes place in, on, under or over the surface of land below mean high water level forming part of the river Thames; or

(b)

may affect the river Thames or any function of the PLA,

including any projection over the river Thames by any authorised work or any plant or machinery; and

“tunnelling works” means so much of Work No. 1 as is carried out wholly under the bed of the river Thames.