{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/gosport-borough-council-forton-lake-opening-bridge-order-1999/article-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/gosport-borough-council-forton-lake-opening-bridge-order-1999/article-2.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1999/2400",
  "legislation_title": "The Gosport Borough Council (Forton Lake Opening Bridge) Order 1999",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/gosport-borough-council-forton-lake-opening-bridge-order-1999",
  "path": "article/2",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "(1) In this Order–\n“the Applications Rules” means the Transport and Works (Applications and Objections Procedure) Rules 1992;\n“the authorised works” means the scheduled works and any other works authorised by this Order;\n“the bridge” means Work No. 2 referred to in the Schedule to this Order;\n“the Council” means the Council of the borough of Gosport;\n“the deposited plans” means the plans described in rule 7(1)(a) of the Applications Rules prepared in connection with the application for this Order and certified by the Secretary of State as “the plans” for the purposes of this Order;\n“the deposited sections” means the sections described in rule 7(2) of the Applications Rules prepared in connection with the application for this Order and certified by the Secretary of State as “the sections” for the purposes of this Order;\n“the level of high water” means the level of mean high water springs;\n“the limits of deviation” means the limits of deviation shown on the deposited plans;\n“maintain” includes inspect, repair, adjust, alter, remove, reconstruct and replace and “maintenance” shall be construed accordingly;\n“Queen’s Harbour Master” means the person appointed to be Queen’s Harbour Master of the Dockyard Port of Portsmouth under the Dockyard Ports Regulation Act 1865;\n“the scheduled works” means the works specified in the Schedule to this Order;\n“tidal work” means so much of any work authorised by this Order as is in, under or over tidal waters or tidal lands below the level of high water;\n“Trinity House” means the Corporation of Trinity House of Deptford Strond;\n“vessel” means every description of vessel with or without means of propulsion of any kind and includes anything constructed or used to carry persons, goods, plant or machinery, or to be propelled or moved, on or by water, a seaplane on or in the water and a hovercraft within the meaning of the Hovercraft Act 1968.\n(2) References in this Order to reference points shall be construed as references to Ordnance Survey National Grid Reference points.\n(3) All directions, distances and reference points stated in any description of works, powers or lands shall be construed as if the words “or thereabouts” were inserted after such direction, distance and reference points.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1865 c. 125."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1968 c. 59."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1999/2400/article/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:59:39.620318+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."
}