# London Docklands Railway (Lewisham) Act 1993, Section 12: Power to deviate


In the execution of any of the works, the Company may deviate laterally from the lines or situations thereof shown on the deposited plans and vertically from the levels shown on the deposited sections as follows:—
(a) laterally—
(i) in the case of any viaducts constructed as part of Work No. 1 across Deptford Creek, to the extent of the limits of deviation but not so as unreasonably to interfere with the passage of river traffic over and along such creek; and
(ii) in any other case to the extent of the limits of deviation;
(b) vertically downwards—
(i) to any extent not exceeding one metre in the case of any viaduct constructed as part of Work No. 1 across Deptford Creek; and
(ii) in all other cases to such extent as may be found necessary or convenient; and
(c) vertically upwards—
(i) to any extent not exceeding three metres in case of so much of Work No. 1 as lies beneath the lands shown on the deposited plans numbered 43a and 43b in the London borough of Tower Hamlets and 1, 1a, 2 and 2a in the London borough of Greenwich;
(ii) to any extent not exceeding five metres in the case of so much of the remainder of Work No. 1 as is constructed in tunnel and all of the other underground railways; and
(iii) to such exent as may be found necessary or convenient in the case of any other of the works.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukla/1993/7/section/12 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/london-docklands-railway-lewisham-act-1993/section-12
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