The A1 Birtley to Coal House Development Consent Order 2021

Facilities and rights for alternative apparatus

46.—(1) Where, in accordance with the provisions of this part of this schedule, the undertaker affords to Northumbrian Water facilities and rights for the construction and maintenance in land of the undertaker of alternative apparatus in substitution for apparatus to be removed, those facilities and rights are to be granted upon such reasonable terms and conditions as may be agreed between the undertaker and Northumbrian Water or in default of agreement settled by arbitration in accordance with article 46 (arbitration).

(2) In settling those terms and conditions in respect of alternative apparatus the arbitrator must:

(a) give effect to all reasonable requirements of the undertaker for ensuring the safety and efficient operation of the authorised development and for securing any subsequent alterations or adaptations of the alternative apparatus which may be required to prevent interference with any proposed works of the undertaker or the traffic on the highway; and

(b) so far as it may be reasonable and practicable to do so in the circumstances of the particular case, give effect to the terms and conditions, if any, applicable to the apparatus for which the alternative apparatus is to be substituted and have regard to Northumbrian Water’s statutory obligations.

(3) If the facilities and rights to be afforded by the undertaker in respect of any alternative apparatus, and the terms and conditions subject to which those facilities and rights are to be granted, are in the opinion of the arbitrator less favourable on the whole to Northumbrian Water than the facilities and rights enjoyed by it in respect of the apparatus to be removed and the terms and conditions to which those facilities and rights are subject, the arbitrator must make such provision for the payment of compensation by the undertaker to Northumbrian Water as appears to the arbitrator to be reasonable having regard to all the circumstances of the particular case.

(4) Such facilities and rights as are set out in this paragraph are deemed to include any statutory permits granted to the undertaker in respect of the apparatus in question, whether under the Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations 2016(1) or other legislation.

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S.I. 2016/1154 as amended by S.I. 2017/1012, S.I. 2017/1075, S.I. 2018/110, S.I. 2018/428 and S.I. 2018/757.