# The Meaford Gas Fired Generating Station Order 2016, Paragraph 47: Interpretation

Extent: E+W+S

(1) For the protection of the Trust the following provisions of this Part 4 of Schedule 7, have effect unless otherwise agreed in writing between the undertaker and the Trust.
(2) In this Schedule—
“authorised works” means the construction of numbered work 2B as authorised by this Order;
“construction”, in relation to any specified work or protective work, includes—
(a)the execution and placing of that work; and
(b)any relaying, renewal, or maintenance of that work as may be carried out during the period of 12 months from the completion of that work,
and “construct” and “constructed” have corresponding meanings;
“detriment” means any material damage to the waterway or any other property of the Trust and, without limitation on the scope of that meaning, includes—
(c)any obstruction of, or interference with, or hindrance or danger to, navigation or to any use of the waterway (including towing paths);
(d)the erosion of the bed or banks of the waterway, or the impairment of the stability of any works, lands or premises forming part of the waterway;
(e)the deposit of materials or the siltation of the waterway so as to materially damage the waterway;
(f)the pollution of the waterway;
(g)any significant alteration in the water level of the waterway, or significant interference with the supply of water to it, or drainage of water from it;
(h)any material harm to the ecology of the waterway (including any material adverse impact on any site of special scientific interest comprised in the Trust’s network); and
(i)any interference with the exercise by any person of rights over the Trust’s network;
“the engineer” means an engineer appointed by the Trust for the purpose in question;
“plans” includes sections, designs, drawings, specifications, soil reports, calculations, descriptions (including descriptions of methods of construction) and programmes;
“practical completion” means practical completion of all of the specified work notwithstanding that items which would ordinarily be considered snagging items remain outstanding, and the expression “practically complete” and “practically completed” are to be construed accordingly;
“protective work” means a work constructed under paragraph 52(3)(a);
“specified work” means so much of any of the authorised works as is situated upon, across, under, over or within 15 metres of, or may in any way affect the waterway;
“towing path” means the towing path forming part of the waterway;
“the Trust” means the Canal & River Trust;
“the Trust’s network” means the Trust’s network of waterways; and
“the waterway” means the Trent and Mersey Canal, and includes any works, lands or premises belonging to the Trust, or under its management or control, and held or used by the Trust in connection with that waterway only.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2016/779/schedule/7/paragraph/47 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/meaford-gas-fired-generating-station-order-2016/schedule-7/paragraph-47
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