{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/channel-tunnel-rail-link-act-1996/schedule-4/paragraph-15",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/channel-tunnel-rail-link-act-1996/schedule-4/paragraph-15.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1996/61",
  "legislation_title": "Channel Tunnel Rail Link Act 1996",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/channel-tunnel-rail-link-act-1996",
  "path": "schedule/4/paragraph/15",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "15",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) Paragraph 14 above shall not apply to any subsoil or under-surface of land required only for the construction of a work at a level more than the relevant distance below the level of the surface of the land.\n(2) In sub-paragraph (1) above, the reference to the relevant distance is—\n(a) in the case of a work consisting of a pedestrian tunnel or ground anchor, 2 metres, and\n(b) in the case of any other work, 9 metres.\n(3) For the purposes of sub-paragraph (1) above, the level of the surface of the land shall be taken—\n(a) in the case of any land on which a building is erected, to be the level of the surface of the ground adjoining the building, and\n(b) in the case of a watercourse or other area of water, to be the level of the surface of the adjoining ground which is at all times above water level.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1996/61/schedule/4/paragraph/15",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:29:26.800440+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}