Article 2 Interpretation

In this Order—

• “the 1996 Order” means the Greater Manchester (Light Rapid Transit System) (Eccles Extension) Order 1996^f1;

• “the 2006 Order” means the Greater Manchester (Light Rapid Transit System) Order 2006^f2;

• “authorised street tramway” means any part of the scheduled work which is a street tramway by virtue of the operation of article 6 (designation of works);

• “authorised tramroad” means the tramroad authorised by this Order;

• “authorised tramway” means the tramway authorised by this Order;

• “authorised works” means the scheduled work and any other work authorised by this Order;

• “the limits of deviation” means the limits of deviation for the scheduled work shown on the works plan;

• “maintain” includes inspect, repair, adjust, alter, remove, reconstruct and replace, and “maintenance” shall be construed accordingly;

• “the scheduled work” means the work specified in the Schedule or any part of it;

• “the sections” means the sections certified by the Secretary of State as the sections for the purposes of this Order;

• “street” includes part of a street;

• “street tramway” means any part of a tramway which is laid along a street whether or not the section of the street in which its rails are laid may be used by other traffic;

• “tramroad” means any part of a tramway which is not a street tramway;

• “the undertaker” means Greater Manchester Passenger Transport Executive, as established under the South East Lancashire and North East Cheshire Passenger Transport (Designation) Order 1969^f3;

• “watercourse” includes all rivers, streams, ditches, drains, canals, cuts, culverts, dykes, sluices, sewers and passages through which water flows except a public sewer or drain;

• “the works plan” means the plan certified by the Secretary of State as the works plan for the purposes of this Order.