{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/network-rail-ipswich-chord-order-2012/article-7",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/network-rail-ipswich-chord-order-2012/article-7.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2012/2284",
  "legislation_title": "The Network Rail (Ipswich Chord) Order 2012",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/network-rail-ipswich-chord-order-2012",
  "path": "article/7",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "7",
  "heading": "Limits of deviation",
  "text": "(1) Subject to paragraph (2), in carrying out the authorised development comprising the works numbered in Part 1 (authorised development) of Schedule 1 (authorised development and requirements) Network Rail may—\n(a) deviate laterally from the lines or situations of the authorised development shown on the works plans and design drawings to the extent of the limits of deviation shown on the works plans; and\n(b) deviate vertically from the levels of the authorised development shown on the sections within the works plans and design drawings—\n(i) to any extent not exceeding 1 metre upwards; or\n(ii) to any extent downwards as may be found to be necessary or convenient.\n(2) No deviation is authorised under paragraph (1) which would—\n(a) in any way diminish the headroom or clearance beneath any proposed bridge structure or above any stairway; or\n(b) in any way diminish the breadth of any walkway, staircase, flight of steps, carriageway, tunnel, footpath or cycleway,\nby more than 200 millimetres from its dimension as shown on the design drawings.",
  "extent": "E+W+S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Art. 7 in force at 26.9.2012, see art. 1"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2012/2284/article/7",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T01:20:05.499375+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."
}