# The Network Rail (Ipswich Chord) Order 2012, Article 2: Interpretation

Extent: E+W+S

(1) In this Order—
“the 1961 Act” means the Land Compensation Act 1961;
“the 1965 Act” means the Compulsory Purchase Act 1965;
“the 1980 Act” means the Highways Act 1980;
“the 1990 Act” means the Town and Country Planning Act 1990;
“the 1991 Act” means the New Roads and Street Works Act 1991;
“the 2008 Act” means the Planning Act 2008;
“address” includes any number or address used for the purposes of electronic transmission;
“ancillary works” means any works authorised by this Order which are not development within the meaning of section 32 of the 2008 Act;
“authorised development” means the development and associated development described in Part 1 (authorised development) of Schedule 1 (authorised development and requirements) and any other development authorised by this Order, which is development within the meaning of section 32 of the 2008 Act;
“the authorised project” means the authorised development and the ancillary works authorised by this Order;
“the book of reference” means the book of reference certified by the Secretary of State as the book of reference for the purposes of this Order;
“building” includes any structure or erection or any part of a building, structure or erection;
“carriageway” has the same meaning as in the 1980 Act;
“compulsory acquisition notice” means a notice served in accordance with section 134 of the 2008 Act;
“the design drawings” means the drawings submitted under regulation 5(2)(o) of the Regulations and certified as the design drawings by the Secretary of State for the purposes of the Order;
“electronic transmission” means a communication transmitted—
(a) by means of an electronic communications network; or
(b) by other means but while in electronic form;
“the Environmental Statement” means the document certified as the environmental statement by the Secretary of State for the purposes of this Order;
“footpath” has the same meaning as in the 1980 Act;
“highway” and “highway authority” have the same meaning as in the 1980 Act;
“the land plans” means the plans submitted under regulation 5(2)(i) of the Regulations and certified as the land plans by the Secretary of State for the purposes of this Order;
“limits of deviation” means the limits of deviation referred to in article 7 (limits of deviation);
“maintain” includes to inspect, repair, adjust, alter, remove, reconstruct or replace and any derivative of “maintain” is to be construed accordingly;
“Network Rail” means Network Rail Infrastructure Limited (Company registration number 02904587) whose registered office is at Kings Place, 90 York Way, London, N1 9AG;
“Order land” means the land shown on the land plans which is within the limits of land to be acquired or used and described in the book of reference, but does not include the land numbered 2 on the land plans;
“Order limits” means the limits of deviation and the limits of additional land to be used shown on the works plans, but does not include the land numbered 2 on the land plans;
“owner”, in relation to land, has the same meaning as in section 7 of the Acquisition of Land Act 1981;
“relevant planning authority” means the district planning authority for the area in which the land to which the provisions of this Order apply is situated;
“the Regulations” means the Infrastructure Planning (Applications: Prescribed Forms and Procedure) Regulations 2009;
“the sections” unless otherwise stated in this Order means the sections and elevations shown on the design drawings and works plans certified as the design drawings and works plans by the Secretary of State for the purposes of this Order;
“statutory undertaker” means any statutory undertaker for the purposes of section 127(8), 128(5) or 129(2) of the 2008 Act;
“street” means a street within the meaning of section 48 of the 1991 Act, together with land on the verge of a street or between two carriageways, and includes part of a street;
“street authority”, in relation to a street, has the same meaning as in Part 3 of the 1991 Act;
“the tribunal” means the Lands Chamber of the Upper Tribunal;
“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; and
“the works plans” unless otherwise stated in this Order means the plans submitted under regulation 5(2)(j) of the Regulations and certified as the works plans by the Secretary of State for the purposes of this Order.
(2) References in this Order to rights over land include references to rights to do, or to place and maintain, anything in, on or under land or in the airspace above its surface.
(3) All distances, directions and lengths referred to in this Order are approximate and distances between points on a work comprised in the authorised project are taken to be measured along that work.
(4) References in this Order to points identified by letters, with or without numbers, are construed as references to points so lettered on the works plans.
(5) References in this Order to numbered works are references to the works as numbered in Part 1 of Schedule 1.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2012/2284/article/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/network-rail-ipswich-chord-order-2012/article-2
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