{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/wirral-tramway-order-1999/article-5",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/wirral-tramway-order-1999/article-5.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1999/1306",
  "legislation_title": "The Wirral Tramway Order 1999",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/wirral-tramway-order-1999",
  "path": "article/5",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "5",
  "heading": "Power to deviate",
  "text": "(1) In constructing or maintaining any of the scheduled works, the undertaker may–\n(a) deviate laterally from the lines or situations shown on the deposited plan within the limits of deviation for that work shown on that plan; and\n(b) deviate vertically from the levels shown on the sections to any extent not exceeding 0.5 metres upwards and to any extent downwards.\n(2) The undertaker may in constructing or maintaining any of the authorised tramroads or authorised street tramways lay down–\n(a) double lines of rails in lieu of single lines,\n(b) single lines of rails in lieu of double lines,\n(c) interlacing lines of rails in lieu of double or single lines, or\n(d) double or single lines of rails in lieu of interlacing lines.\n(3) The power in paragraph (2) above shall not be exercised in the case of any authorised street tramway without the consent of the street authority, but such consent shall not be unreasonably withheld.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1999/1306/article/5",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:48:47.040406+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."
}