Introduction and interpretation
Interpretation of expressions relating to transport10
1
In this Order—
a
“transport authority” means the authority, body or person having the control or management of a transport undertaking; and
b
“transport undertaking” means a railway, tramway, dock, harbour, pier, canal or inland navigation undertaking of which the activities, or some of the activities, are carried on under statutory authority.
2
In this Order “major transport works” means substantial works required for the purposes of a transport undertaking and executed in property held or used for the purposes of the undertaking.
3
References in this Order to a street which crosses or is crossed by property held or used for the purposes of a transport undertaking extend to cases in which the street and the property in question are at different levels.
But the transport authority shall not be treated as a relevant authority as regards undertakers' works in such a street where the property in question consists only of—
- a
subsoil of the street which is held by the transport authority but is not used, and has not been adapted for use, for the purposes of the transport undertaking, or
- b
property underground at such a depth that there is no reasonable possibility of the works affecting it.
4
The provisions of this Order relating to a street which crosses or is crossed by property held or used for the purposes of a transport undertaking apply to a street which is or forms part of a towing-path or other way running along a canal or inland navigation, provided the path or way is held or used, or the subsoil of it is held, for the purposes of the canal or inland navigation undertaking.