# The A556 (Knutsford to Bowdon Improvement) Development Consent Order 2014, Paragraph 2

Extent: E+W+S

In this Part of this Schedule—
“alternative apparatus” means alternative apparatus adequate to enable the undertaker in question to fulfil its statutory functions in a manner no less efficient than previously;
“apparatus” means—
(a) in the case of an electricity undertaker, electric lines or electrical plant (as defined in the Electricity Act 1989), belonging to or maintained by that undertaker;
(b) in the case of a gas undertaker, any mains, pipes or other apparatus belonging to or maintained by a gas transporter within the meaning of Part 1 of the Gas Act 1986 for the purposes of gas supply;
(c) in the case of a water undertaker, mains, pipes or other apparatus belonging to or maintained by that undertaker for the purposes of water supply; and
(d) in the case of a sewerage undertaker—
(i) any drain or works vested in the undertaker under the Water Industry Act 1991; and
(ii) any sewer which is so vested or is the subject of a notice of intention to adopt given under section 102(4) of that Act or an agreement to adopt made under section 104 of that Act,
and includes a sludge main, disposal main (within the meaning of section 219 of that Act) or sewer outfall and any manholes, ventilating shafts, pumps or other accessories forming part of any such sewer, drain or works; and
(e) in the case of Mainline Pipelines Limited, company number 00995545, whose registered office is at 11 Old Jewry, London EC2R 8DU, any oil apparatus,
and includes any structure in which apparatus is or is to be lodged or which gives or will give access to apparatus;
“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;
“oil apparatus” means any pipe-line, apparatus and works as described in section 65(2) of the Pipe-lines Act 1962 (meaning of “pipe-line”) and all protective wrappings, sleeves and slabs, together with ancillary cables and markers; and such legal interest, and benefit of property rights and covenants as are vested in Mainline Pipelines Limited in respect of such items;
“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;
“undertaker” means—
(a) any licence holder within the meaning of Part 1 of the Electricity Act 1989;
(b) a gas transporter within the meaning of Part 1 of the Gas Act 1986;
(c) a water undertaker within the meaning of the Water Industry Act 1991;
(d) a sewerage undertaker within the meaning of Part 1 of the Water Industry Act 1991; and
(e) Mainline Pipelines Limited and its successors in title and function,
for the area of the authorised development, and in relation to any apparatus, means the undertaker to whom it belongs or by whom it is maintained.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2014/2269/schedule/8/paragraph/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/a556-knutsford-to-bowdon-improvement-development-consent-order-2014/schedule-8/paragraph-2
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