In this Order except where provided otherwise—

• “the 1961 Act” means the Land Compensation Act 19616;

• “the 1965 Act” means the Compulsory Purchase Act 19657;

• “the 1980 Act” means the Highways Act 19808;

• “the 1981 Act” means the Compulsory Purchase (Vesting Declarations) Act 19819;

• “the 1984 Act” means the Road Traffic Regulation Act 198410;

• “the 1990 Act” means the Town and Country Planning Act 199011;

• “the 1991 Act” means the New Roads and Street Works Act 199112;

• “the 2008 Act” means the Planning Act 200813;

• “address” includes any number or address for the purposes of electronic transmission;

• “apparatus” has the same meaning as in Part 3 (street works in England and Wales) of the 1991 Act;

• “authorised development” means the development described in Schedule 1 (authorised development);

• “the book of reference” means the book of reference certified by the Secretary of State as the book of reference for the purposes of this Order;

• “building” includes any structure or erection or any part of a building, structure or erection;

• “carriageway” has the same meaning as in section 329(1) (further provision as to interpretation) of the 1980 Act;

• “the classification of roads plans” means the plans certified by the Secretary of State as the classification of roads plans for the purposes of this Order;

• “commence” means beginning to carry out any material operation (as defined in section 56(4)14 (time when development begun) of the 1990 Act) forming part of the authorised development other than operations consisting of archaeological investigations, investigations for the purpose of assessing ground conditions, contamination or other adverse ground conditions, establishment of working areas and compounds, delivery of construction materials, plant and equipment, erection of any temporary means of enclosure, and the temporary display of site notices or advertisements, and “commencement” is to be construed accordingly;

• “cycle track” has the same meaning as in section 329(1) (further provision as to interpretation) of the 1980 Act15;

• “electronic transmission” means a communication transmitted—

  1. a

     by means of an electronic communications network; or

  2. b

     by other means but while in electronic form,

  and in this definition “electronic communications network” has the same meaning as in section 32(1) (meaning of electronic communications networks and services) of the Communications Act 200316;

• “the engineering section drawings” means the documents certified by the Secretary of State as the engineering section drawings for the purposes of this Order;

• “the environmental statement” means the documents certified by the Secretary of State as the environmental statement for the purposes of this Order;

• “the flood compensation areas” means the flood compensation areas shown on the engineering section drawings and the works plans;

• “the flood storage areas” means the flood storage areas shown on the engineering section drawings and on the works plans;

• “footpath” and “footway” have the same meaning as in section 329(1) of the 1980 Act;

• “highway” has the same meaning as in section 328 (meaning of “highway”) of the 1980 Act;

• “the land plans” means the plans certified by the Secretary of State as the land plans for the purposes of this Order;

• “the limits of deviation” means the limits of deviation referred to in article 8 (limits of deviation);

• “the local highway authority” has the same meaning as in section 329(1)17 of the 1980 Act;

• “maintain” includes inspect, repair, adjust, alter, remove, replace or reconstruct in relation to the authorised development and any derivative of “maintain” is to be construed accordingly to the extent assessed in the environmental statement and excludes any activities that would give rise to materially new or materially different environmental effects compared to those assessed in the environmental statement;

• “the Order land” means the land shown on the land plans which is within the limits of land to be acquired or used permanently or temporarily, and described in the book of reference;

• “the Order limits” means the limits of the land to be acquired or used permanently or temporarily shown on the land plans and works plans within which the authorised development may be carried out;

• “the outline environmental management plan” means the plan certified by the Secretary of State as the outline environmental management plan for the purposes of this Order;

• “owner”, in relation to land, has the same meaning as in section 7 (interpretation) of the Acquisition of Land Act 198118;

• “the speed limit plans” means the plans certified by the Secretary of State as the speed limit plans as part of the traffic regulations measures plans for the purposes of this Order;

• “the relevant planning authority” has the same meaning as in section 173 (the relevant local planning authority) of the 2008 Act;

• “the special category land plans” means the plans certified by the Secretary of State as the special category land plans for the purposes of this Order;

• “statutory undertaker” means any statutory undertaker for the purposes of section 127(8) (statutory undertakers’ land) of the 2008 Act;

• “street” means a street within the meaning of section 4819 (streets, street works and undertakers) of the 1991 Act, together with land on the verge of a street or between two carriageways, and includes part of a street;

• “street authority” has the same meaning as in Part 320 of the 1991 Act;

• “the streets rights of way and access plans” means the plans certified by the Secretary of State as the streets rights of way and access plans for the purposes of this Order;

• “traffic authority” has the same meaning as in section 121A21 (traffic authorities) of the 1984 Act;

• “the traffic management plan” means the traffic management plan which establishes the outline rules for the traffic management and temporary road layouts needed to construct the authorised development and certified by the Secretary of State as the traffic management plan for the purposes of this Order;

• “the traffic regulations measures plans” means the plans certified by the Secretary of State as the traffic regulations measures plans for the purposes of this Order;

• “trunk road” means a highway which is a trunk road by virtue of—

  1. a

     section 1022 (general provision as to trunk roads) or section 19(1)23 (certain special roads and other highways to become trunk roads) of the 1980 Act;

  2. b

     an order made or direction given under section 10 of that Act;

  3. c

     an order granting development consent; or

  4. d

     any other enactment;

• “the undertaker” means Highways England Company Limited, company number 09346363, whose registered office is at Bridge House, 1 Walnut Tree Close, Guildford, Surrey, GU1 4LZ;

• “watercourse” includes all rivers, streams, ditches, drains, canals, cuts, culverts, dykes, sluices, sewers and passages through which water flows except a public sewer or drain; and

• “the works plans” means the plans certified by the Secretary of State as the works plans for the purposes of this Order.

References in this Order to rights over land include references to rights to do, or to place and maintain, anything in, on or under land or in the airspace above its surface, and references in this Order to the imposition of restrictive covenants are references to the creation of rights over land which interfere with the interests or rights of another and are for the benefit of land which is acquired under this Order or is otherwise comprised in the Order land.

All distances, directions, areas and lengths referred to in this Order are approximate and distances between points on a work comprised in the authorised development are taken to be measured along that work.

For the purposes of this Order, all areas described in square metres in the book of reference are approximate.

References in this Order to points identified by letters or numbers are to be construed as references to points so lettered or numbered on the relevant plans.

References in this Order to numbered works are references to the works as numbered in Schedule 1 (authorised development).