Article 13 Temporary stopping up of streetsI1

England, Wales and Scotland

(1)

DLRL may, during and for the purposes of the execution of the authorised works temporarily stop up, alter or divert any street and may for any reasonable time—

(a)

divert the traffic from the street, and

(b)

subject to paragraph (3), prevent all persons from passing along the street.

(2)

Without prejudice to the generality of paragraph (1), DLRL may use South Quay Station Plaza and any street stopped up under the powers of this article as a temporary working site.

(3)

DLRL shall provide at all times reasonable access for pedestrians going to or from premises abutting a street affected by the exercise of the powers conferred by this article if there would otherwise be no such access.

(4)

Without prejudice to the generality of paragraph (1), DLRL may exercise the powers of this article in relation to the streets specified in columns (1) and (2) of Schedule 5 to this Order.

(5)

DLRL shall not exercise the powers of this article—

(a)

in relation to any street specified as mentioned in paragraph (4), without first consulting the street authority; and

(b)

in relation to any other street, without the consent of the street authority, but such consent shall not be unreasonably withheld.

(6)

In this article “South Quay Station Plaza” means the lands delineated on the deposited plans and shown numbered 532, 537, 565, 566, 567, 568, 569, 570, 571, 572, 573, 574, 575, 576 and 577 in the London borough of Tower Hamlets.

Annotations

Commencement

I1: Art. 13 in force at 25.11.2005, see art. 1