# The Great Central (Nottingham) Railway Order 1995, Article 2: Interpretation


(1) In this Order, unless the context otherwise requires—
“the 1976 Company” means Great Central Railway (1976) plc having its registered office at Loughborough Central Station, Loughborough, Leicestershire;
“the Act of 1845” means the Railways Clauses Consolidation Act 1845;
“the Applications Rules” means the Transport and Works (Applications and Objections Procedure) Rules 1992;
“authorised works” means the railways and any other works authorised by this Order;
“the Board” means the British Railways Board;
“highway authority” has the same meaning as in the Highways Act 1980;
“the lease” means any lease or underlease of the railways granted by the Nottingham Company to the 1976 Company pursuant to article 9 of this Order, any extension of the same or any new lease granted under any statutory powers or provisions;
“maintain” includes inspect, repair, adjust, alter, remove, reconstruct and replace and “maintenance” shall be construed accordingly;
“the Nottingham Company” means Great Central Railway (Nottingham) Limited having its registered office at Nottingham Heritage Centre, Mere Way, Ruddington, Nottingham;
“Railway No.1” and “Railway No.2” mean respectively the railways so numbered and described in Schedule 1 to this Order and (in the case of Railway No.1) authorised to be maintained pursuant to article 4 of this Order and (in the case of Railway No.2) authorised to be constructed and maintained pursuant to article 5 of this Order together with all lands and works relating thereto and, where in the case of Railway No.2 any part of the said railway and works remains uncompleted, the expression includes the site of that part;
“the railways” means Railway No.1 or Railway No.2, or both of them, as the case may require;
“the relevant date” means the date of the coming into force of this Order or, if later, the date upon which Railway No.1 is transferred to and vested in the Nottingham Company by agreement;
“the sections” means the sections described in rule 7(2) of the Applications Rules prepared in connection with the application for this Order, and marked as “the sections” for the purposes of this Order;
“the works plan” means the plan described in rule 7(1)(a) of the Applications Rules prepared in connection with the application for this Order, and marked as “the works plan” for the purposes of this Order.
(2) (a) Subject to sub-paragraph (b) of this paragraph, in this Order “the undertaker” means the Nottingham Company.
(b) During the currency of the term created by the lease, the expression “the undertaker”, in relation to the railways or such part thereof as is leased to the 1976 Company, shall mean the 1976 Company.
(3) In this Order, all distances, lengths, measurements and directions stated in any description of works, powers or lands shall be construed as if the words “or thereabouts” were inserted after each such distance, length, measurement and direction, and distances between points on a railway shall be taken to be measured along the railway.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1995/2143/article/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/great-central-nottingham-railway-order-1995/article-2
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