art 2 Interpretation
(1) In this Order— “the 1961 Act ” means the Land Compensation Act 1961 ; “the 1965 Act ” means the Compulsory Purchase Act 1965 ; “the 1990 Act ” means the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 ; “the 1991 Act ” means the New Roads and Street Works Act 1991 ; “the 2003 Act ” means the Communications Act 2003 ; “address” includes any number or address used for the purposes of electronic transmission; “authorised works” means the scheduled works and any other works authorised by this Order; “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 meanings as in the Highways Act 1980 ; “electronic communications network” has the same meaning as in the 2003 Act ; “electronic transmission” means a communication transmitted— by means of an electronic communications network; or by other means but while in electronic form; “footway” has the same meaning as in the Highways Act 1980; “highway” and “highway authority” have the same meaning as in the Highways Act 1980; “the limits of deviation” means the limits of deviation for the scheduled works shown on the Order plans; “the limits of land to be acquired or used” means the limits of land to be acquired or used shown on the Order plans; “maintain” includes inspect, repair, adjust, alter, remove, reconstruct and replace, and “maintenance” shall be construed accordingly; “ Network Rail ” means Network Rail Infrastructure Limited (Company No. 02904587) whose registered office is at Kings Place, 90 York Way, London N1 9AG; “the Order limits” means the limits of deviation and the limits of land to be acquired or used which are shown on the Order plans; “the Order plans” means the plans certified by the Secretary of State as the Order plans for the purposes of this Order; “the Order sections” means the sections certified by the Secretary of State as the Order sections for the purposes of this Order; “owner”, in relation to land, has the same meaning as in the Acquisition of Land Act 1981 ; “the scheduled works” means the works specified in Schedule 1 (scheduled works) or any part of them; “statutory undertaker” means— any person who is a statutory undertaker for any of the purposes of the 1990 Act; and any public communications provider within the meaning of section 151(1) of the 2003 Act; “street” includes part of a street; “street authority” in relation to a street, has the same meaning as in Part 3 of the 1991 Act; “ the tribunal ” means the Upper Tribunal; and “ 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. (2) References in this Order to rights over land include references to rights to do, or to place and maintain, anything in or on land or in the air-space above its surface. (3) Any reference in this Order to a work identified by the number of the work shall be construed as a reference to the work of that number authorised by this Order. (4) References in this Order to numbered plots are references to plot numbers on the Order plans. (5) References in this Order to points identified by letters, or letters and numbers, are to be construed as references to points on the Order plans. (6) All distances, directions and lengths stated in the description of the scheduled works or in any description of powers or lands are approximate and distances between points on a scheduled work shall be taken to be measured along the scheduled work.