PART 2Principal Powers

Application and modification of legislative provisions8

1

The following enactments do not apply in relation to the construction of any work or the carrying out of any operation for the purpose of or in connection with, the construction of the authorised development or any maintenance of any part of the authorised development—

a

the provisions of any byelaws made under, or having effect as if made under, paragraphs 5, 6 or 6A of Schedule 25 (byelaw making powers of the authority) to the Water Resources Act 199119;

b

the provisions of any byelaws made under section 66 (powers to make byelaws) of the Land Drainage Act 199120;

c

sections 23 (prohibition on obstructions etc. in watercourses) and 30 (authorisation of drainage works in connection with a ditch) of the Land Drainage Act 199121; and

d

the provisions of the Neighbourhood Planning Act 201722 in so far as they relate to the temporary possession of land under articles 34 (temporary use of land for carrying out the authorised development) and 35 (temporary use of land for maintaining the authorised development).

2

Notwithstanding the provisions of section 208 of the 2008 Act, for the purposes of regulation 6 of the Community Infrastructure Levy Regulations 2010(b) any building comprised in the authorised development must be deemed to be—

a

a building into which people do not normally go; or

b

a building into which people go only intermittently for the purpose of inspecting or maintaining fixed plant or machinery.