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Paragraph 81 InterpretationI1

England and Wales

In this Part of this Schedule—

  • “alternative apparatus” means alternative apparatus adequate to enable Anglian Water to fulfil its statutory functions in a manner no less efficient than previously;

  • “Anglian Water” means Anglian Water Services Limited (company number 02366656 whose registered address is Lancaster House Lancaster Way, Ermine Business Park, Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom, PE29 6XU;

  • “apparatus” means:

    1. (a)

      works, mains, pipes or other apparatus belonging to or maintained by Anglian Water for the purposes of water supply and sewerage;

    2. (b)

      any drain or works vested in Anglian Water under the Water Industry Act 1991f1;

    3. (c)

      any sewer which is so vested or is the subject of a notice of intention to adopt given under section 102(4)f2 of that Act or an agreement to adopt made under section 104f3 of that Act, and

    4. (d)

      includes a sludge main, disposal main or sewer outfall and any manholes, ventilating shafts, pumps or other accessories forming part of any such sewer, drain or works, and includes any structure in which apparatus is or is to be lodged or which gives or will give access to apparatus

and for the purpose of this definition, where words are defined by section 219 of the Water Industry Act 1991 they shall be taken to have the same meaning;

  • “functions” includes powers and duties;

  • “in”, in a context referring to apparatus or alternative apparatus in land, includes a reference to apparatus or alternative apparatus under, over or upon land;

  • “plan” includes all designs, drawings, specifications, method statements, soil reports, programmes, calculations, risk assessments and other documents that are reasonably necessary properly and sufficiently to describe the works to be executed;

Annotations

Commencement

I1

Sch. 9 para. 81 in force at 8.9.2022, see art. 1

Footnotes

f1

1991 c. 56.

f2

Section 102(4) was amended by section 96(1)(c) of the Water Act 2003 (c. 37) and by paragraph 90 of Schedule 7 to the Water Act 2014 (c. 21).

f3

Section 104 was amended by sections 11(2) and 96(4) and 101(2) of, and Part 3 of Schedule 9 to, the Water Act 2003 and section 42(3) of the Flood and Water Management Act 2010 (c. 29).