Paragraph 134 InterpretationI1

In this part of this Schedule—

• “construction” includes execution, placing, altering, replacing, relaying and removal; and “construct” and “constructed” must be construed accordingly;

• “drainage work” means any ordinary watercourse and includes any land that provides or is expected to provide flood storage capacity for any ordinary watercourse and any bank, wall, embankment or other structure, or any appliance, constructed or used for land drainage or flood defence;

• “evidence” includes hydraulic modelling, infiltration test results and geotechnical evaluations;

• “ordinary watercourse” has the meaning given in section 72 (Interpretation) of the Land Drainage Act 1991^f1;

• “plans” includes sections, drawings, specifications and method statements;

• “specified work” means—

  1. (a)

     the making of any opening into or connections with any watercourse or drain in connection with the authorised development; and/or

  2. (b)

     so much of any work or operation of the authorised development as is in, on, under, over or within 9 metres of a drainage work for which the Board has responsibility or is otherwise likely to—

     1. (i)

        affect any drainage work;

     2. (ii)

        affect the total volume or volumetric rate of flow of water in or flowing to or from any drainage work;

     3. (iii)

        affect the flow of water in any drainage work; or

     4. (iv)

        affect the conservation, distribution or use of water resources.