{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/transport-for-greater-manchester-light-rapid-transit-system-trafford-park-extension-order-2016/schedule-8/paragraph-31",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2016/1035",
  "legislation_title": "The Transport for Greater Manchester (Light Rapid Transit System) (Trafford Park Extension) Order 2016",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/transport-for-greater-manchester-light-rapid-transit-system-trafford-park-extension-order-2016",
  "path": "schedule/8/paragraph/31",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "31",
  "heading": "Expenses and costs",
  "text": "For the purposes of paragraph 30—\n(a) an extension of apparatus to a length greater than the length of existing apparatus is not to be treated as a placing of apparatus of greater dimensions than those of the existing apparatus except in a case where the apparatus as so extended serves a purpose (either additional to or instead of that served by the existing apparatus) which was not served by the existing apparatus; and\n(b) where the provision of a joint in a pipe or cable is agreed, or is determined to be necessary, the consequential provision of a jointing chamber or of a manhole is to be treated as if it also had been agreed or had been so determined.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2016/1035/schedule/8/paragraph/31",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T23:18:47.679730+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."
}