Article 2 Interpretation

In this Order—

• “the 1845 Act” means the Railway Clauses Consolidation Act^f1;

• “the 1991 Order” means the Bitton Light Railway Order 1991^f2;

• “the Applications Rules” means the Transport and Works (Applications and Objections Procedure) Rules 1992^f3;

• “authorised works” means the scheduled work and any other works authorised by this Order;

• “the Avon bridge” means the existing bridge built to carry the former railway over the river Avon;

• “the deposited plan” means the plan described in rule 7(1)(a) of the Applications Rules and certified by the Secretary of State as the deposited plan for the purposes of this Order;

• “the deposited section” means the section described in rule 7(2) of the Applications Rules and certified by the Secretary of State as the deposited section for the purposes of this Order;

• “existing” means existing at the date of the making of this Order;

• “the former railway” means so much of the railway firstly described in and authorised by section 6 of the Midland Railway (Bath and Thornbury Lines) Act 1864^f4, together with all lands and works relating thereto, as is situated within the limits of deviation;

• “the limits of deviation” means the limits of deviation for the scheduled work shown on the deposited plan;

• “maintain” includes inspect, repair, adjust, alter, remove, reconstruct and replace and “maintenance” shall be construed accordingly;

• “the railway” means the railway comprised in the scheduled work and where the context so requires includes the site of that railway;

• “the scheduled work” means the work specified in Schedule 1 to this Order;

• “the undertaker” means the Avon Valley Railway Heritage Trust whose registered office is situated at Bitton Railway Station, Willsbridge, Bristol.

All directions, distances, lengths and points stated in any description of works, powers or lands shall be construed as if the words “or thereabouts” were inserted after each such direction, distance, length and point and distances between points on a railway shall be taken to be measured along the centre line of the railway.

References in this Order to points identified by letters shall be construed as references to points so marked on the deposited plan.