The Greater Manchester (Light Rapid Transit System) (Ashton Moss Variation) Order 2001

• Citation: S.I. 2001/224
• Sections: 2

Section 1 Citation and commencement

This Order may be cited as the Greater Manchester (Light Rapid Transit System) (Ashton Moss Variation) Order 2001 and shall come into force on 24th January 2001.

Section 2 Amendment of 1998 Order

(1) The Greater Manchester (Light Rapid Transit System) (Ashton-under-Lyne Extension) Order 1998 is amended as follows.

(2) In article 2 (interpretation)—

(a) in the definition of “the book of reference”, at the end insert “together with the additional book of reference certified by the Secretary of State for the purposes of this Order”;

(b) in the definition of “the land plans” at the end insert “together with the additional plans certified by the Secretary of State as the additional plans for the purposes of this Order”;

(c) in the definition of “the sections” at the end insert “together with the additional sections certified by the Secretary of State as the additional sections for the purposes of this Order”; and

(d) in the definition of “the works plans” at the end insert “together with the additional plans certified by the Secretary of State as the additional plans for the purposes of this Order”.

(3) In article 5 (power to construct and maintain works)—

(a) at the beginning of paragraph (1) insert—

“Subject to paragraph (1A) below”; and

after paragraph (1) insert—

(1A) The undertaker may construct and maintain any part of Work No. 16 so as to form a junction with any part of Works Nos. 17 to 20 to which it connects but shall not construct both a part of Work No. 16 and any part of Works Nos. 17 to 20 where those parts extend between the same points of commencement and termination.

(4) In article 48 (certification of plans) delete the words from “and a document so certified” to the end of the article and insert—

(2) The undertaker shall, as soon as practicable after the making of the Greater Manchester (Light Rapid Transit System) (Ashton Moss Variation) Order 2001 , submit copies of the additional book of reference, the additional plans and the additional sections to the Secretary of State for certification that they are true copies of, respectively, the additional book of reference forming part of the book of reference, the additional sections forming part of the sections and the additional plans forming part of the land plans and the works plans.

(3) A document certified by the Secretary of State as a true copy of the book of reference, the additional book of reference, the sections, the additional sections, the land plans, the public open space plans, the works plans or the additional plans shall be admissible in any proceedings as evidence of the contents of the document of which it is a copy (but in the case of the book of reference, the sections, the land plans and the works plans upon the basis that they do not include the additional book of reference, the additional sections and the additional plans).

(5) In Schedule 1 (scheduled works), at the end insert—

(6) In Schedule 3 (streets subject to alteration of layout), at the end, insert in columns (2) and (3) respectively—

(7) In Schedule 6 (level crossings), at the end of column (2) in both Part I and II , insert—

Any highway (other than the M60) crossed by Works Nos. 17 to 20