The Morlais Demonstration Zone Order 2021

12.  In this Part—

“construction” includes execution, placing, alteration and reconstruction and “construct” and “constructed” have corresponding meanings;

“engineer” means an engineer appointed by Network Rail for the purposes of this Order;

“network licence” means the network licence, as the same is amended from time to time, granted to Network Rail by the Secretary of State in exercise of powers under section 8 of the Railways Act 1993(1);

“Network Rail” means Network Rail Infrastructure Limited and any associated company of Network Rail Infrastructure Limited that holds property for railway purposes, and for the purpose of this definition “associated company” means any company that is (within the meaning of section 1159 of the Companies Act 2006(2)) the holding company of Network Rail Infrastructure Limited, a subsidiary of Network Rail Infrastructure Limited or another subsidiary of the holding company of Network Rail Infrastructure Limited;

“plans” includes sections, designs, design data, software, drawings, specifications, soil reports, calculations, descriptions (including descriptions of methods of construction), staging proposals, programmes and details of the extent, timing and duration of any proposed occupation of railway property;

“railway operational procedures” means procedures specified under any access agreement (as defined in the Railways Act 1993(3)) or station lease;

“railway property” means any railway belonging to Network Rail and—

(a)

any station, land, works, apparatus and equipment belonging to Network Rail or connected with any such railway; and

(b)

any easement or other property interest held or used by Network Rail for the purposes of such railway or works, apparatus or equipment;

“specified work” means so much of any of the onshore works as is situated on, across, under, over or within 15 metres of, or may in any way affect, railway property.

(1)

1993 c. 43. Section 8 was amended by paragraph 4 of Schedule 17 and Part 4 of Schedule 31 to the Transport Act 2000 (c. 38), paragraphs 3 and 5 of Schedule 2 to the Railways and Transport Safety Act 2003 (c. 20) and paragraph 3 of Schedule 1 and Part 1 of Schedule 13 to the Railways Act 2005 (c. 14).

(2)

2006 c. 46.

(3)

“Access agreement” is defined in section 83.