Paragraph 71 InterpretationI1

In this Part of this Schedule—

• “alteration” includes the provision of alternative means of operation or the diversion of any apparatus;

• “apparatus” means—

  1. (a)

     mains, pipes or other apparatus belonging to, or maintained by, the company for the purposes of water supply; and

  2. (b)

     any water main or service pipe (or part of it) that is subject to an agreement to adopt made under section 51A of the Water Industry Act 1991^f1; and

  3. (c)

     any sewer, drain or works vested in the company under the Water Industry Act 1991 and includes a sludge main, disposal main (within the meaning of section 219 of that Act) or sewer outfall and any manholes, ventilating shafts, pumps or other accessories forming part of any such sewer, drain or works; and

  4. (d)

     any sewer which is so vested or is the subject of a notice of intention to adopt given under section 102(4) of that Act or an agreement to adopt made under section 104 of that Act,

  and includes any structure in which apparatus is or is to be lodged or which gives or will give access to such apparatus;

• “the company” means United Utilities Water PLC or its successor for the time being in its capacity as either a water undertaker or a sewerage undertaker within the meaning of the Water Industry Act 1991;

• “construction” includes execution, placing, altering, replacing, relaying and removal and, in its application to works which include or comprise any operation, means the carrying out of that operation;

• “in” in a context referring to apparatus in land includes under, over, across, along or upon land;

• “specified work” means so much of the authorised works as will or may be situated over or within 15 metres (or 200 metres where explosives are used) measured in any direction of any apparatus, or (wherever situated) as will or may impose any load directly upon any apparatus.