Paragraph 2

In this Part of this Schedule—

• “construction” includes execution, placing, alteration and reconstruction and “construct” and “constructed” have corresponding meanings;

• “the engineer” means an engineer appointed by Network Rail for the purposes of this Order;

• “network licence” means the network licence, as the same is amended from time to time, granted to Network Rail by the Secretary of State in exercise of his powers under section 8 of the 1993 Act;

• “plans” includes sections, designs, drawings, specifications, soil reports, calculations, descriptions (including descriptions of methods of construction), staging proposals, programmes and details of the extent, timing and duration of any proposed occupation of railway property;

• “Network Rail” means Network Rail Infrastructure Limited and any associated company of Network Rail Infrastructure Limited which holds property for railway purposes, and for the purpose of this definition “associated company” means any company which is (within the meaning of section 736 of the Companies Act 1985^f1) the holding company of Network Rail Infrastructure Limited, a subsidiary of Network Rail Infrastructure Limited or another subsidiary of the holding company of Network Rail Infrastructure Limited;

• “railway operational procedures” means procedures specified under any access agreement (as defined in the 1993 Act) or station lease;

• “railway property” means any railway belonging to Network Rail and—

  1. (a)

     any station, land, works, apparatus and equipment belonging to Network Rail and includes any land held or used by Network Rail for the purposes of such railway or works, apparatus or equipment; and

  2. (b)

     any easement or other property interest held by or for the benefit of Network Rail;

• “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, railway property; and

• “the undertaker” means the Executive.