The London Gateway Port Harbour Empowerment Order 2008

Agreements with Network Rail

50.—(1) The Harbour Authority and Network Rail may enter into and carry into effect agreements with respect to the construction, maintenance, use and operation of—

(a)any designated works, or any part of those works; and

(b)any works required for the purposes of or in connection with any designated works or any part of those works,

by Network Rail or by the Harbour Authority, or by the Harbour Authority and Network Rail jointly.

(2) Any agreement made under this article may contain such incidental, consequential or supplementary provisions as may be agreed, including (but not limited to) provisions—

(a)with respect to the defraying of, or the making of contributions towards, the costs of such construction, maintenance, use and operation as is referred to in paragraph (1), by the Harbour Authority or by Network Rail or by the Harbour Authority and Network Rail jointly; and

(b)for the exercise by Network Rail or the Harbour Authority or by Network Rail and the Harbour Authority jointly, of all or any of the powers and rights of Network Rail and the Harbour Authority (as the case may be) in respect of any of the works referred to in paragraph (1) and any works required for those purposes or in connection with those purposes.

(3) The exercise by the Harbour Authority or Network Rail or by the Harbour Authority and Network Rail jointly of any powers and rights under any enactment or contract pursuant to any such agreement as is authorised by paragraph (2) shall be subject to all statutory and contractual provisions relating to those powers and rights as would apply if they were exercised by the Harbour Authority or Network Rail (as the case may be) alone and accordingly, such provisions shall, with any necessary modifications, apply to the exercise of such powers and rights by the Harbour Authority or Network Rail, or by the Harbour Authority and Network Rail jointly, as the case may be.

(4) The Harbour Authority and Network Rail may enter into, and carry into effect, agreements for the transfer to and vesting in Network Rail or the Harbour Authority, or the Harbour Authority and Network Rail jointly, of—

(a)the designated works or any part of those works; or

(b)any works, lands or other property required for the purposes of or in connection with any designated works or any part of those works,

together with any rights and obligations (whether or not statutory) of Network Rail or the Harbour Authority relating to any designated works or part of those works.

(5) In this article “designated works” means any part of the authorised works to be constructed on railway property.