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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/five-estuaries-offshore-wind-farm-order-2025/schedule-9/paragraph-157",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2025/1376",
  "legislation_title": "The Five Estuaries Offshore Wind Farm Order 2025",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/five-estuaries-offshore-wind-farm-order-2025",
  "path": "schedule/9/paragraph/157",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "157",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "In this Part of this Schedule—\n“Affinity Water” means Affinity Water Limited (Company Registration No. 02546950) whose registered office address is at Tamblin Way, Hatfield, Hertfordshire, AL10 9EZ or any wholly-owned subsidiary (as defined in section 1159 of the Companies Act 2006);\n“alternative apparatus” means alternative apparatus adequate to enable Affinity Water to fulfil its statutory functions in a manner no less efficient than previously;\n“Affinity Water’s apparatus” means—\n(a) mains, pipes, connections, reservoirs, or any other apparatus belonging to or maintained by Affinity Water for the purposes of water supply; and\n(b) mains, pipes, connections or any other apparatus that is the subject of an agreement to adopt by Affinity Water made under section 51A (agreements to adopt water main or service pipe at future date) of the Water Industry Act 1991;\n“authorised works” means “authorised development” and “ancillary works” as both are defined in article 2 (interpretation) of the Order together with the use and maintenance of such authorised development or ancillary works, which for the avoidance of doubt includes the construction, use and maintenance of any works pursuant to this Part of this Schedule;\n“commence” and “commencement” includes the first carrying out of any below ground surveys, monitoring, work operations, remedial work in respect of any contamination or other adverse ground condition, the receipt and erection of construction plant and equipment, intrusive investigations for the purpose of assessing ground conditions, and the first implementation of environmental mitigation, including planting;\n“functions” includes powers and duties;\n“HAUC Advice Note” means HAUC Advice Note No 2010/01 (available at https://static.hauc-uk.org.uk/downloads/Advice_Note_No_2010-01.pdf), including the Diversionary Works Calculator HAUC(UK) (hauc-uk.org.uk) (https://www.hauc-uk.org.uk/resources/diversionary-works-calculator) referred to at paragraph 29.4 of that advice note;\n“in”, in a context referring to Affinity Water’s apparatus or alternative apparatus in land, includes a reference to Affinity Water’s apparatus or alternative apparatus under, over or upon land;\n“plan” includes all descriptions, designs, sections, 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;\n“protective works” means the underpinning, strengthening and any other reasonable works the purpose of which is to prevent damage that may be caused to Affinity Water’s apparatus by the carrying out, maintenance, construction or use of the authorised works;\n“specified works” means any authorised works under the Order (including any works of maintenance) that—\n(a) may in any way adversely affect any easement or other property interest held or used by Affinity Water;\n(b) are within the following distances of Affinity Water’s apparatus measured from the outer surface of such apparatus, the removal of which has not been required by the undertaker under paragraph 163(2) or otherwise—\n(i) where the apparatus is a pipe, 2 metres where the diameter of the pipe is less than 150 millimetres;\n(ii) where the apparatus is a pipe, 3 metres where the diameter of the pipe is between 150 and 450 millimetres;\n(iii) where the apparatus is a pipe, 4 metres where the diameter of the pipe exceeds 450 millimetres; and\n(iv) 4 metres of any other apparatus,\nunless otherwise agreed in writing with Affinity Water (acting reasonably); and\n(c) outside the distances referred to in (b) that will or may have electromagnetic or high voltage effects on any of Affinity Water’s apparatus, the removal of which has not been required by the undertaker under paragraph 162(2) or otherwise; and\n“water main” has the meaning given in the Water Industry Act 1991.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 9 para. 157 in force at 8.1.2026, see art. 1"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "2006 c. 46."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1991 c. 56. Section 51A was amended by sections 10(2)(a) to (c) of the Water Act 2014 (c. 21) and sections 92(1) and 105(3) of the Water Act 2003 (c. 37)."
    }
  ],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2025/1376/schedule/9/paragraph/157",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T21:07:51.328273+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."
}