{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/network-rail-chart-leacon-order-2021/schedule-6/paragraph-17",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2021/419",
  "legislation_title": "The Network Rail (Chart Leacon) Order 2021",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/network-rail-chart-leacon-order-2021",
  "path": "schedule/6/paragraph/17",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "17",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "In this Part of this Schedule—\n“1991 Act” means the New Roads and Street Works Act 1991;\n“alternative apparatus” means appropriate alternative apparatus to the satisfaction of SGN to enable SGN to fulfil its statutory functions in a manner no less efficient than that enabled by its existing apparatus;\n“apparatus” means any gas mains, pipes, pressure governors, ventilators, cathodic protections, cables or other apparatus belonging to or maintained by SGN for the purposes of gas distribution together with any replacement apparatus and such other apparatus constructed pursuant to the Order that becomes operational apparatus of SGN for the purposes of transmission distribution and/or supply and includes any structure in which apparatus is or will be lodged or which gives or will give access to apparatus;\n“authorised works” has the same meaning as in article 2 (interpretation) of this Order and for the purposes of this Part of this Schedule includes the use and maintenance of the authorised works and construction of any works authorised by this Part of this Schedule;\n“commence” means beginning to carry out any material operation (as defined in section 56(4) of the 1990 Act) forming part of the authorised works;\n“functions” includes powers and duties;\n“ground mitigation scheme” means a scheme approved by SGN (such approval not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed) setting out the necessary measures (if any) for managing a ground subsidence event;\n“ground monitoring scheme” means a scheme for monitoring ground subsidence which sets out the apparatus which is to be subject to such monitoring, the extent of the land to be monitored, the manner in which ground levels are to be monitored, the timescales of any monitoring activities and the extent of ground subsidence which, if exceeded, requires the undertaker to submit for SGN’s approval a ground mitigation scheme;\n“ground subsidence event” means any ground subsidence identified by the monitoring activities carried out pursuant to the ground monitoring scheme that has exceeded the level described in the ground monitoring scheme as requiring a ground mitigation scheme;\n“in” in a context referring to apparatus or alternative apparatus in land includes a reference to apparatus or alternative apparatus under, over, across, along or under such land;\n“maintain” and “maintenance” shall include the ability and right to do any of the following in relation to any apparatus or alternative apparatus of SGN including retain, lay, construct, inspect, maintain, protect, use, access, enlarge, replace, renew, remove, decommission or render unusable or remove the apparatus;\n“plan” or “plans” include all designs, drawings, specifications, method statements, soil reports, programmes, calculations, risk assessments and other documents that are reasonably necessary to describe and assess the works to be executed;\n“rights” shall include rights and restrictive covenants and in relation to decommissioned apparatus the surrender of rights, release of liabilities and transfer of decommissioned apparatus;\n“SGN” means Southern Gas Networks plc or its successors in title or successor bodies and/or any successor as a gas transporter within the meaning of Part 1 (gas supply) of the Gas Act 1986;\n“specified works” means any of the authorised works or activities undertaken in association with the authorised works which—\n(a) will or may be situate over, or within 15 metres measured in any direction of any apparatus the removal of which has not been required by the undertaker under paragraph 22(2) or otherwise; and/or\n(b) may in any way adversely affect any apparatus the removal of which has not been required by the undertaker under paragraph 22(2) or otherwise;\n“undertaker” means Network Rail as defined in article 2 (interpretation) of this Order.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2021/419/schedule/6/paragraph/17",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T22:15:20.933164+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}