The Reinforcement to the North Shropshire Electricity Distribution Network Order 2020

Powers requiring the Trust's consentE+W

35.—(1) The undertaker must not in the exercise of the powers conferred by this Order obstruct or interfere with pedestrian or vehicular access to the waterway or towpath unless such obstruction or interference with such access is with the consent of the Trust.

(2) The undertaker must not exercise any power conferred by this Order to discharge water into the waterway under article 15 (discharge of water) or in any way interfere with the supply of water to or the drainage of water from the waterway unless such exercise is with the consent of the Trust.

(3) The undertaker must not exercise the powers conferred by article 16 (authority to survey and investigate land) or section 11(3) of the 1965 Act (powers of entry), in relation to the waterway unless such exercise is with the consent of the Trust.

(4) The undertaker must not exercise the powers conferred by this Order to temporarily stop up streets or public rights of way under article 11 (temporary prohibition or restriction of use of streets and public rights of way) so as to divert any right of access to or any right of navigation along the waterway but such right of access may be diverted with the consent of the Trust.

(5) The consent of the Trust pursuant to sub-paragraphs (1) to (4) must not be unreasonably withheld or delayed but may be given subject to reasonable terms and conditions including any condition requiring compliance with the Code of Practice or any applicable part thereof and any condition which required the payment of such charges/fees/costs as are typically charged by the Trust and in the case of article 15 it is reasonable to impose the following non-exhaustive conditions—

(a)requiring the payment of such charges as are typically charged by the Trust;

(b)specifying the maximum volume water which may be discharged in any period; and

(c)authorising the Trust on giving reasonable notice (except in an emergency, when the Trust may require immediate suspension) to the undertaker to require the undertaker to suspend the discharge of water or reduce the flow of water where this is necessary by reason of any operational or environmental requirement of the Trust, to the extent that any discharge of water by the undertaker is into the waterway.

(6) The undertaker must not exercise the powers conferred by this Order to abstract water from the Montgomery Canal unless such abstraction is with the consent of the Trust. Such consent may be given subject to reasonable terms and conditions including specifying the maximum velocity of the flow of water which may be abstracted at right angles to the waterway at any time.

(7) Where the undertaker is required to obtain the Trust's consent in accordance with this Order such consent must be obtained in writing.

(8) The undertaker must not move the location of any pole structure within a specified work without the consent of the Trust.

(9) The undertaker must comply with the code of practice in relation to the construction and operation of a specified work or protective work.

(10) The undertaker must not deviate vertically from the levels of the authorised development set out in Table 1 of requirement 3 in respect of any specified work without the consent of the Trust.

(11) The undertaker must not exercise the power conferred by article 31 (felling or lopping of trees and removal of hedgerows) in respect of any tree, shrub or hedgerow within an area of a specified work unless such power is exercised with the consent of the Trust.

(12) The construction hours in respect of any specified work must be agreed in writing with the Trust.

(13) In the event that any contamination which could impact upon the waterway is found when carrying out the authorised development, the undertaker must notify the Trust immediately and must agree with the Trust the remediation require to be undertaken. The undertaker must complete the remediation works at its own cost in accordance with timescales agreed with the Trust.

(14) Except in the case of emergencies, the undertaker must provide the Trust with 28 days written notice before interfering with the waterway for the purposes of maintaining or inspecting the authorised development and must comply with any reasonable conditions which the Trust may impose in accordance with the Code of Practice.