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Made | 1st July 2005 | ||
Coming into force | 22nd July 2005 |
1. | Citation and commencement |
2. | Interpretation |
3. | Application of New Roads and Street Works Act 1991 |
4. | Incorporation of the Railways Clauses Consolidation Act 1845 |
5. | Application of the Midland Metro Acts |
6. | Power to construct and maintain works |
7. | Power to deviate, etc. |
8. | Designation of works |
9. | Power to alter layout, etc. of streets |
10. | Power to keep apparatus in streets |
11. | Power to execute street works |
12. | Permanent stopping up of means of access |
13. | Temporary stopping up of streets |
14. | Access to works |
15. | Construction and maintenance of new or altered highways |
16. | Construction and alteration of bridges |
17. | Restoration of streets if street tramway discontinued |
18. | Agreements with street authorities |
19. | Discharge of water |
20. | Attachment of equipment to buildings for purposes of tramway |
21. | Safeguarding works to buildings |
22. | Power to construct temporary tramways |
23. | Power to survey and investigate land |
24. | Mode of construction and operation of tramway |
25. | Power to acquire land |
26. | Application of Part I of Compulsory Purchase Act 1965 |
27. | Application of Compulsory Purchase (Vesting Declarations) Act 1981 |
28. | Power to acquire new rights |
29. | Rights under or over streets |
30. | Temporary use of land for construction of works |
31. | Temporary use of land for maintenance of works |
32. | Temporary use of land for carrying out of accommodation and mitigation works |
33. | Disregard of certain interests and improvements |
34. | Acquisition of part of certain properties |
35. | Extinction or suspension of rights of way |
36. | Time limit for exercise of powers of acquisition |
37. | Power to operate and use tramway system |
38. | Maintenance of approved works, etc. |
39. | Power to charge fares |
40. | Traffic signs |
41. | Tree Preservation Orders |
42. | Obstruction of construction of authorised works |
43. | Traffic regulation |
44. | Planning permission: supplementary matters |
45. | Statutory undertakers, etc. |
46. | Minerals |
47. | Saving for highway authorities |
48. | Certification of plans, etc. |
49. | Service of notices |
50. | No double recovery |
51. | Disclosure of confidential information |
52. | Withholding of consent |
53. | Arbitration |
54. | Protective provisions |
Schedule 1— | Scheduled works |
Schedule 2— | Acquisition of land, etc. outside limits of deviation |
Part 1 | Acquisition of land |
Part 2 | Acquisition of rights only |
Schedule 3— | Streets subject to alteration of layout |
Schedule 4— | Modification of compensation and compulsory purchase enactments for creation of new rights |
Schedule 5— | Land of which temporary possession may be taken |
Schedule 6— | Traffic regulation |
Part 1 | Prohibition or restriction of waiting and loading/unloading |
Part 2 | Direction of traffic |
Part 3 | Restriction on remaining stationary in road |
Part 4 | Prohibition of access |
Schedule 7— | Provisions relating to statutory undertakers, etc. |
Schedule 8— | Protective provisions |
Part 1 | For protection of Network Rail |
Part 2 | For protection of British Waterways Board |
(2) 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 air-space over its surface, and references to the subsoil of any land include references to any cellar, basement, vault, arch or other construction forming part of any such land.
(3) All directions, distances, areas, lengths and points stated in any description of works, powers or lands shall be construed as if the words "or thereabouts" were inserted after each such direction, distance, area, length, and point, and distances between any of the points on the authorised tramway shall be taken to be measured along the centre line of the authorised tramway.
(4) Any reference in this Order to a work identified by the number of the work (or by the number and letter) shall be construed as a reference to the work of that number (or number and letter) authorised by this Order.
(5) References in this Order to points identified by letters (or letters and numbers) shall be construed as references to the points so marked on the works plans.
Application of New Roads and Street Works Act 1991
3.
—(1) Works executed under this Order in relation to a highway which consists of or includes a carriageway shall be treated for the purposes of Part III of the 1991 Act (street works) as major highway works if—
(2) In Part III of the 1991 Act, references, in relation to major highway works, to the highway authority concerned shall, in relation to works which are major highway works by virtue of sub-paragraph (1), be construed as references to the Executive.
(3) The provisions of the 1991 Act mentioned in paragraph (4), and any regulations made, or code of practice issued or approved under, those provisions shall apply (with the necessary modifications) in relation to the stopping up, alteration or diversion of a street by the Executive under the powers conferred by article 13 of this Order where no street works are executed in that street as they would apply if the stopping up, alteration or diversion were occasioned by street works executed in that street by the Executive.
(4) The provisions of the 1991 Act referred to in paragraph (3) are—
all such other provisions as apply for the purposes of the provisions mentioned above.
(5) Sections 54 and 55 of the 1991 Act as applied by paragraph (3) shall have effect as if references in section 57 to that Act to emergency works were a reference to a stopping up, alteration or diversion (as the case may be) required in a case of emergency.
Incorporation of the Railways Clauses Consolidation Act 1845
4.
—(1) The following provisions of the Railways Clauses Consolidation Act 1845[12] shall be incorporated in this Order—
(2) In those provisions as incorporated in this Order—
(3) In section 69 of the said Act of 1845, as incorporated in this Order, for the words "determined by two justices" to the end there shall be substituted the words "referred to arbitration".
(4) In section 71 of the said Act of 1845, as incorporated in this Order, the words ", or directed by such justices to be made by the company," shall be omitted, and for the words "authorised by two justices" there shall be substituted the words "determined by arbitration".
(5) Any difference arising under section 72 of the said Act of 1845, as incorporated in this Order, shall be referred to arbitration.
(6) Sections 68, 69, 71 to 73 and 75 of the said Act of 1845, as incorporated in this Order, shall only apply to the railways comprised in the authorised tramroads and any authorised works ancillary to those tramroads.
Application of the Midland Metro Acts
5.
—(1) The authorised tramway shall be treated as part of the Metro (as defined in the Midland Metro Acts) for the purposes of the following sections of the following Acts—
but it shall not be so treated for the purposes of the following—
(2) The authorised tramway shall be treated as part of the Metro (as defined in the Midland Metro Acts) for the purposes of sections 4 to 7 of the Midland Metro (Penalty Fares) Act 1991[13] and of any order made from time to time under sections 3(2) or 5(2) of that Act (whether made before or after this Order comes into force), and expressions defined in section 2 of that Act shall have effect accordingly.
(3) In the application of the Midland Metro Acts to this Order—
(4) Section 8(4) of the 1989 Act shall have effect for the purposes of the authorised street tramways as it has effect for the purposes of the tramways authorised by that Act.
(5) In this article—
(4) Subject to paragraph (6), the Executive may carry out such other works (of whatever nature) as may be necessary or expedient for the purposes of, in connection with, or in consequence of, the construction of the scheduled works.
(5) Where the Executive lays down conduits for the accommodation of cables or other apparatus for the purposes of the authorised works or associated traffic control, it may provide in, or in connection with, such conduits, accommodation for the apparatus of any other person, and manholes and other facilities for access to such accommodation, and may permit the use of such conduits and facilities on such terms and conditions as may be agreed between it and such other person.
(6) Paragraphs (3) and (4) shall only authorise the carrying out or maintenance of works—
(7) The Executive may remove any works constructed by it pursuant to this Order which have been constructed as temporary works or which it no longer requires.
Power to deviate, etc.
7.
—(1) In constructing or maintaining any scheduled work, the Executive may—
(2) The Executive may in constructing or maintaining any of the authorised street tramways lay down—
(3) The power in paragraph (2) shall not be exercised in the case of any authorised street tramway without the consent of the street authority, but such consent shall not be unreasonably withheld.
(4) The Executive may in constructing and maintaining any of the authorised tramroads provide within the limits of deviation for those tramroads such number of lines of rails and sidings as may be necessary or expedient.
(5) If the highway authority carries out a remodelling or reconstruction of Five Ways roundabout in the City, the Executive may with the consent of the highway authority (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld) construct or reconstruct Work No. 2 at a level higher than that permitted by paragraph (1)(b)(i) in order to accommodate that remodelling or reconstruction.
(6) Any direction under section 90(2A) of the 1990 Act deeming planning permission to be granted in relation to the works authorised by this Order shall not have effect as deeming planning permission to be granted for any works to which a consent under paragraph (5) applies.
Designation of works
8.
—(1) Notwithstanding anything in the description of scheduled works contained in Schedule 1 to this Order—
(2) Where, by means of the creation or extinction of rights of way, any part of the authorised tramway which has been constructed as a tramroad becomes a street tramway or any part which was constructed as a street tramway becomes a tramroad, it shall be treated for the purposes of this Order as if it were so designated.
(4) The following shall require the consent of the street authority—
(5) Consent under paragraph (4) shall not be unreasonably withheld.
Power to keep apparatus in streets
10.
—(1) The Executive may, subject to article 9(4)(d), for the purposes of or in connection with the construction, maintenance and use of any authorised street tramway, place and maintain in any street in which the tramway is, or is to be laid and in any street having a junction with such a street any work, equipment or apparatus including but without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing, foundations, platforms, road islands, substations, electric lines and any electrical or other apparatus.
(2) In this article—
Power to execute street works
11.
The Executive may, for the purpose of exercising the powers conferred by article 10 and the other provisions of this Order, enter upon any street in which any authorised street tramway is or is to be laid and any street having a junction with such a street, and may execute any works required for or incidental to the exercise of those powers including, without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing, breaking up or opening the street, or any sewer, drain or tunnel under it, or tunnelling or boring under the street.
Permanent stopping up of means of access
12.
—(1) The Executive may stop up and discontinue the following—
and it may carry out any incidental operations within the Order limits for those purposes.
(2) Any person who suffers loss by a stopping up authorised by paragraph (1) shall be entitled to compensation to be determined, in case of dispute, under Part I of the 1961 Act.
Temporary stopping up of streets
13.
—(1) The Executive may, during and for the purposes of the execution of the authorised works, temporarily stop up, alter or divert any street in the City and may for any reasonable time—
(2) The Executive shall provide reasonable access for pedestrians going to or from premises abutting on a street affected by the exercise of the powers conferred by this article if there would otherwise be no such access.
(3) The Executive shall not exercise the powers of this article without the consent of the street authority, but such consent shall not be unreasonably withheld.
Access to works
14.
—(1) The Executive may, for the purposes of the construction or operation of the scheduled works, form and lay out means of access, or improve existing means of access—
(2) Approval of the highway authority under paragraph (1)(b) shall not be unreasonably withheld.
Construction and maintenance of new or altered highways
15.
—(1) Any highway to be constructed under this Order shall be completed to the reasonable satisfaction of the highway authority and shall, unless otherwise agreed by the highway authority and the Executive, be maintained by and at the expense of the Executive for a period of 12 months from its completion and at the expiry of that period by and at the expense of the highway authority.
(2) Where a highway is altered or diverted under this Order, the altered or diverted part of the highway shall when completed to the reasonable satisfaction of the highway authority, unless otherwise agreed, be maintained by and at the expense of the Executive for a period of 12 months from its completion and at the expiry of that period by and at the expense of the highway authority.
(3) Paragraphs (1) and (2) do not apply in relation to the structure of any bridge carrying a highway over a tramroad of the Executive or carrying a tramroad of the Executive over a highway.
(4) Nothing in this article shall prejudice the operation of section 87 of the 1991 Act (prospectively maintainable highways); and the Executive shall not by reason of any duty under this article to maintain a street be taken to be the street authority in relation to that street for the purposes of Part III of that Act.
(5) Nothing in paragraphs (1) to (4) shall have effect in relation to street works as respects which the provisions of Part III of the 1991 Act apply.
(6) In any action against the Executive in respect of damage resulting from any failure by it to maintain a highway under this article, it is a defence (without prejudice to any other defence or the application of the law relating to contributory negligence) to prove that the Executive had taken such care as in all the circumstances was reasonably required to secure that the part of the highway to which the action relates was not dangerous to traffic.
(7) For the purposes of a defence under paragraph (6), the court shall in particular have regard to the following matters—
Construction and alteration of bridges
16.
Any bridge to be constructed or altered under this Order for carrying a highway over any authorised tramway or any authorised tramway over a highway shall be constructed or altered in accordance with plans and specifications approved by the highway authority, but such approval shall not be unreasonably withheld.
Restoration of streets if street tramway discontinued
17.
If the Executive permanently ceases to operate any of the authorised street tramways ("the discontinued tramway"), it shall as soon as reasonably practicable and unless otherwise agreed with the street authority—
Agreements with street authorities
18.
—(1) A street authority and the Executive may enter into agreements with respect to—
(2) Such an agreement may, without prejudice to the generality of paragraph (1)—
Discharge of water
19.
—(1) The Executive may use any watercourse or any public sewer or drain for the drainage of water in connection with the construction or maintenance of the authorised works and for that purpose may on any land within the Order limits, lay down, take up and alter pipes and make openings into, and connections with, the watercourse, sewer or drain.
(2) The Executive shall not discharge any water into any watercourse, public sewer or drain except with the consent of the authority to which it belongs; and such consent may be given subject to such terms and conditions as the authority may reasonably impose but shall not be unreasonably withheld.
(3) The Executive shall not make any opening into any public sewer or drain except in accordance with plans approved by, and under the superintendence (if provided) of, the authority to which the sewer or drain belongs, but such approval shall not be unreasonably withheld.
(4) The Executive shall not, in exercise of the powers conferred by this article, damage or interfere with the bed or banks of any watercourse forming part of a main river.
(5) The Executive shall take such steps as are reasonably practicable to secure that any water discharged into a watercourse or public sewer or drain under the powers conferred by this article is as free as may be practicable from gravel, soil or other solid substance or oil or matter in suspension.
(6) This article does not authorise the entry into controlled waters of any matter whose entry or discharge into controlled waters is prohibited by section 85(1), (2) or (3) of the Water Resources Act 1991[19].
(7) In this article—
Attachment of equipment to buildings for purposes of tramway
20.
—(1) Subject to the following provisions of this article, the Executive may affix to any building listed in Part 2 of the book of reference any brackets, cables, wires, insulators and other apparatus required in connection with the authorised tramway.
(2) The Executive shall not under this article affix any apparatus to a building without the consent of the relevant owner of the building; and such consent may be given subject to reasonable conditions (including, where appropriate, the payment of rent) but shall not be unreasonably withheld.
(3) Where—
the consent shall be deemed to have been withheld.
(4) Where, in the opinion of the Executive, a consent required under this article for the affixing of specified apparatus is unreasonably withheld or given subject to unreasonable conditions, it may apply to the magistrates' court, who may either allow the apparatus to be affixed subject to such conditions, if any, as it thinks fit or may disallow the application.
(5) Where apparatus is affixed to a building under this article—
(6) The Executive shall pay compensation to the owners and occupiers of the building for any loss or damage sustained by them by reason of the exercise of the powers conferred by paragraphs (1) and (5)(b); and any dispute as to a person's entitlement to compensation, or as to the amount of compensation, shall be determined under Part I of the 1961 Act.
(7) In the case of a building fronting Pinfold Street, Stephenson Street or Stephenson Place in the City, the reference to 28 days referred to in paragraph (5)(a) shall be treated as a reference to 56 days.
(8) In this article—
Safeguarding works to buildings
21.
—(1) Subject to the following provisions of this article the Executive may at its own expense and from time to time carry out such safeguarding works to any building which is within the Order limits as the Executive considers to be necessary or expedient.
(2) Safeguarding works may be carried out—
(3) For the purpose of determining how the functions under this article are to be exercised, the Executive may enter and survey any building falling within paragraph (1) and any land belonging to it.
(4) For the purpose of carrying out safeguarding works under this article to a building the Executive may (subject to paragraph (5) and (6))—
(5) Before exercising—
the Executive shall, except in the case of emergency, serve on the owners and occupiers of the building or land not less than 14 days' notice of its intention to exercise that right and, in a case falling within sub-paragraph (a) or (c), specifying the safeguarding works proposed to be carried out.
(6) Where notice is served under paragraph (5)(a), (c) or (d), the owner or occupier of the building or land concerned may, by serving a counter-notice within the period of 10 days beginning with the day on which the notice was served, require the question whether it is necessary or expedient to carry out the safeguarding works or to enter the building or land to be referred to arbitration under article 53.
(7) The Executive shall compensate the owners and occupiers of any building or land in relation to which the powers of this article have been exercised for any loss or damage arising to them by reason of the exercise of those powers.
(8) Where—
the Executive shall compensate the owners and occupiers of the building for any damage sustained by them.
(9) Nothing in this article shall relieve the Executive from any liability to pay compensation under section 10(2) of the 1965 Act.
(10) Any compensation payable under paragraph (7) or (8) shall be determined, in case of dispute, under Part I of the 1961 Act.
(11) This article does not apply to any of the land specified in column (1) of Part 2 of Schedule 2 to this Order.
(12) In this article—
Power to construct temporary tramways
22.
—(1) The Executive may, if it considers it necessary or expedient in consequence of any street works executed or proposed to be executed in a street along which an authorised street tramway is constructed—
(2) The powers conferred by this article may only be exercised with the consent of the street authority but such consent may not be unreasonably withheld.
(3) The provisions of articles 9(3), 10 and 11 and of article 40 shall apply in relation to temporary tramways laid under this article as they apply in relation to authorised street tramways.
Power to survey and investigate land
23.
—(1) The Executive may, in relation to any land within the Order limits, for the purposes of this Order—
(2) No land may be entered, or equipment placed or left on or removed from the land under paragraph (1), unless at least 7 days' notice has been served on every owner and occupier of the land.
(3) Any person entering land under this article on behalf of the Executive—
(4) No trial hole shall be made under this article in a carriageway or footway without the consent of the street authority, but such consent shall not be unreasonably withheld.
(5) The Executive shall make compensation for any damage occasioned, by the exercise of the powers conferred by this article, to the owners and occupiers of the land, such compensation to be determined, in case of dispute, under Part I of the 1961 Act.
Mode of construction and operation of tramway
24.
—(1) The authorised tramway shall be operated by electricity or, in an emergency or for the purposes of construction or maintenance, by diesel power or other means.
(2) The authorised tramway shall be constructed on a nominal gauge of 1,435 millimetres.
(3) Where a tramway is constructed along a street or in any place to which the public has access (including any place to which the public has access only on the making of a payment), the Executive shall take such care as in all the circumstances is reasonable to ensure that the tramway is constructed and maintained so that the street or other place is safe for other users.
(4) When considering what measures are required under paragraph (3), the Executive shall have particular regard to the character and usage of the street or other place and to those who could reasonably be expected to use it.
and may use any land so acquired for those purposes or for any other purposes connected with or ancillary to its tramway undertaking.
(2) In the case of the land shown numbered 596 on the land plans, subject to article 28(4) the powers conferred by this article shall only be exercisable in relation to the stratum of that land below the level of the first floor of the building situated thereon.
(3) In paragraph (2), "the first floor" means the floor above the ground floor.
Application of Part I of Compulsory Purchase Act 1965
26.
—(1) Part I of the 1965 Act, in so far as not modified by or inconsistent with the provisions of this Order, shall apply to the acquisition of land under this Order—
(2) Part I of the 1965 Act, as so applied, shall have effect as if—
Application of Compulsory Purchase (Vesting Declarations) Act 1981
27.
—(1) The Compulsory Purchase (Vesting Declarations) Act 1981[21] shall apply as if this Order were a compulsory purchase order.
(2) In its application by virtue of paragraph (1), the Compulsory Purchase (Vesting Declarations) Act 1981 shall have effect with the following modifications.
(3) In section 3 (preliminary notices), for subsection (1) there shall be substituted—
(4) In that section, in subsection (2), for "(1)(b)" there shall be substituted "(1)" and after "given" there shall be inserted "and published".
(5) In that section, for subsections (5) and (6) there shall be substituted—
(6) In section 5 (earliest date for execution of declaration)—
(7) In section 7 (constructive notice to treat), in subsection (1)(a), the words "(as modified by section 4 of the Acquisition of Land Act 1981)" shall be omitted.
(8) References to the Compulsory Purchase Act 1965 shall be construed as references to that Act as applied to the acquisition of land under article 25.
Powers to acquire new rights
28.
—(1) The Executive may acquire compulsorily such easements or other rights over any land in the City referred to in paragraph (1)(a) or (b) of article 25 as may be required for any purpose for which that land may be acquired under that provision.
(2) The Executive may acquire compulsorily such easements or other rights over any land in the City specified in column (1) of Part 2 of Schedule 2 to this Order (being land shown on the land plans and described in the book of reference) as may be required for any of the purposes specified in relation to that land in column (2) of that Part.
(3) In paragraphs (1) and (2), the power compulsorily to acquire easements or other rights includes the power to do so by creating them as well as by acquiring easements or other rights already in existence.
(4) The power conferred by paragraph (1) shall, notwithstanding article 25(2), be exercisable with respect to the whole of the land shown numbered 596 on the land plans (and shall accordingly not be restricted to the stratum of that land mentioned in article 25(2)).
(5) Subject to section 8 of the 1965 Act (as substituted by paragraph 5 of Schedule 4 to this Order), where a right over land is acquired under paragraph (1) or (2) the body acquiring the right shall not be required to acquire a greater interest in the land.
(6) In relation to land to which this paragraph applies, paragraph (1) or (2) (as the case may be) shall be treated as also authorising acquisition by a statutory utility in any case where the Secretary of State gives his consent in writing.
(7) Paragraph (6) applies to any of the land shown numbered 510, 513 to 529, 547, 548, 551 to 553, 559, 560, 577 and 579 on the land plans which is or will be required for use in altering or relocating apparatus which it is expedient to divert or replace in consequence of the carrying out of the authorised works; and in that paragraph "statutory utility" means a licence holder within the meaning of Part I of the Electricity Act 1989[22], a gas transporter within the meaning of Part I of the Gas Act 1986[23], a water undertaker within the meaning of the Water Industry Act 1991[24], a sewerage undertaker within Part I of that Act and any local authority which is a relevant authority for the purposes of section 97 of that Act.
(8) Schedule 4 to this Order shall have effect for the purpose of modifying the enactments relating to compensation and the provisions of the 1965 Act in their application in relation to the compulsory acquisition under this Order of a right over land by the creation of a new right.
Rights under or over streets
29.
—(1) The Executive may enter upon and appropriate so much of the subsoil of, or air-space over, any street within the Order limits as may be required for the purposes of the authorised works and may use the subsoil or air-space for those purposes or any other purpose connected with or ancillary to the authorised tramway.
(2) The power under paragraph (1) may be exercised in relation to a street without the Executive being required to acquire any part of the street or any easement or right in the street.
(3) The Executive shall not be required to pay any compensation for the exercise of the powers conferred by paragraph (1) where the street is a highway; but where the street is not a highway any person suffering loss by the exercise of that power shall be entitled to compensation to be determined, in case of dispute, under Part I of the 1961 Act.
(4) Paragraphs (2) and (3) shall not apply in relation to—
Temporary use of land for construction of works
30.
—(1) The Executive may, in connection with the carrying out of the authorised works—
(b) remove any buildings and vegetation from that land; and
(c) construct temporary works (including the provision of means of access) and buildings on the land.
(2) Not less than 28 days before entering upon and taking temporary possession of land under this article the Executive shall serve notice of the intended entry on the owners and occupiers of the land.
(3) The Executive may not, without the agreement of the owners of the land, remain in possession of any land under this article—
(4) Before giving up possession of land of which temporary possession has been taken under this article, the Executive shall remove all temporary works and restore the land to the reasonable satisfaction of the owners of the land; but the Executive shall not be required to replace a building removed under this article.
(5) The Executive shall pay compensation to the owners and occupiers of land of which temporary possession is taken under this article for any loss or damage arising from the exercise in relation to the land of the powers conferred by this article.
(6) Any dispute as to a person's entitlement to compensation under paragraph (5), or as to the amount of the compensation, shall be determined under Part I of the 1961 Act.
(7) Without prejudice to article 50, nothing in this article shall affect any liability to pay compensation under section 10(2) of the 1965 Act or under any other enactment in respect of loss or damage arising from the execution of any works, other than loss or damage for which compensation is payable under paragraph (5).
(8) Where the Executive takes possession of land under this article, it shall not be required to acquire the land or any interest in it.
(9) Paragraph (1)(a)(ii) shall not authorise the Executive to take temporary possession of—
(10) In this article—
Temporary use of land for maintenance of works
31.
—(1) At any time during the maintenance period relating to any scheduled works, the Executive may—
(2) Paragraph (1) shall not authorise the Executive to take temporary possession of—
(3) Not less than 28 days before entering upon and taking temporary possession of land under this article the Executive shall serve notice of the intended entry on the owners and occupiers of the land.
(4) The Executive may only remain in possession of land under this article for so long as may be reasonably necessary to carry out the maintenance works for which possession of the land was taken and restore the land to the reasonable satisfaction of the owners of the land.
(5) Before giving up possession of land of which temporary possession has been taken under this article, the Executive shall remove all temporary works and restore the land to the reasonable satisfaction of the owners of the land.
(6) The Executive shall pay compensation to the owners and occupiers of land of which temporary possession is taken under this article for any loss or damage arising from the exercise in relation to the land of the powers conferred by this article.
(7) Any dispute as to a person's entitlement to compensation under paragraph (6), or as to the amount of the compensation, shall be determined under Part I of the 1961 Act.
(8) Without prejudice to article 50, nothing in this article shall affect any liability to pay compensation under section 10(2) of the 1965 Act or under any other enactment in respect of loss or damage arising from the execution of any works, other than loss or damage for which compensation is payable under paragraph (6).
(9) Where the Executive takes possession of land under this article, it shall not be required to acquire the land or any interest in it.
(10) The Executive may not, in the exercise of the powers of this article, enter—
(11) In this article—
Temporary use of land for carrying out of accommodation and mitigation works
32.
—(1) The Executive may, in relation to any of the land shown numbered 596 to 600 and 604 on the land plans, enter upon and take temporary possession of the land and carry out any such works with respect to it as are referred to in article 6(3)(f) and (g), including the alteration of any building on the land (in this article referred to as "the accommodation works").
(2) Not less than 28 days before entering upon and taking temporary possession of land under this article the Executive shall serve notice of the intended entry on the owners and occupiers of the land, together with a specification and description of the accommodation works that it intends to carry out on the land.
(3) Any person on whom a notice has been served under paragraph (2) may, by serving a counter notice within the period of 21 days beginning with the day on which the notice was served on him, require the question whether the accommodation works should be carried out to be referred to arbitration under article 53.
(4) The Executive may not remain in possession of any land under this article after the completion of the accommodation works for which possession was taken; but it may upon not less than 14 days' notice served on the occupier of the land, enter thereafter for the purpose of inspecting and remedying any defects in the accommodation works.
(5) The Executive shall pay compensation to the owners and occupiers of any land of which temporary possession is taken under this article for any loss or damage arising from the exercise in relation to the land of the powers conferred by this article.
(6) Where the carrying out of the accommodation works has mitigated the amount of any loss or damage arising from the carrying out of any of the other works authorised by this Order, that mitigation of loss or damage shall be taken into account in calculating the compensation (if any) payable under this Order or any other enactment in respect of that loss or damage.
(7) Any dispute as to a person's entitlement to compensation under paragraph (5), or as to the amount of the compensation, shall be determined under Part I of the 1961 Act.
(8) Where the Executive takes possession of land under this article, it shall not be required to acquire the land or any interest in it.
if the tribunal is satisfied that the creation of the interest, the erection of the building, the execution of the works or the making of the improvement or alteration was not reasonably necessary and was undertaken with a view to obtaining compensation or increased compensation.
(2) In paragraph (1) "relevant land" means the land acquired from the person concerned or any other land with which he is, or was at the time when the building was erected, the works executed or the improvement or alteration made, directly or indirectly concerned.
(2) In such a case, the owner may, within the period of 21 days beginning with the day on which the notice was served, serve on the Executive a counter-notice objecting to the sale of the land subject to the notice to treat and stating that he is willing and able to sell the whole ("the land subject to the counter-notice").
(3) If no such counter-notice is served within that period, the owner shall be required to sell the land subject to the notice to treat.
(4) If such a counter-notice is served within that period, the question whether the owner shall be required to sell only the land subject to the notice to treat shall, unless the Executive agrees to take the land subject to the counter-notice, be referred to the tribunal.
(5) If on such a reference the tribunal determine that the land subject to the notice to treat can be taken—
the owner shall be required to sell the land subject to the notice to treat.
(6) If on such a reference the tribunal determine that only part of the land subject to the notice to treat can be taken—
the notice to treat shall be deemed to be a notice to treat for that part.
(7) If on such a reference the tribunal determine that—
the notice to treat shall be deemed to be a notice to treat for the land to which the material detriment is confined in addition to the land already subject to the notice, whether or not the additional land is land which the Executive is authorised to acquire compulsorily under this Order.
(8) If the Executive agrees to take the land subject to the counter-notice, or if the tribunal determine that—
the notice to treat shall be deemed to be a notice to treat for the land subject to the counter-notice whether or not the whole of that land is land which the Executive is authorised to acquire compulsorily under this Order.
(9) In any case where by virtue of a determination by the tribunal under this article a notice to treat is deemed to be a notice to treat for less land or more land than that specified in the notice, the Executive may, within the period of 6 weeks beginning with the day on which the determination is made, withdraw the notice to treat; and if it does so it shall pay the owner compensation for any loss or expense occasioned to him by the giving and withdrawal of the notice, to be determined in case of dispute by the tribunal.
(10) Where the owner is required under this article to sell only part of a house, building or factory or of land consisting of a house with a park or garden, the Executive shall pay him compensation for any loss sustained by him due to the severance of that part in addition to the value of the interest acquired.
Extinction or suspension of rights of way
35.
—(1) All private rights of way over land subject to compulsory acquisition under this Order shall be extinguished—
whichever is sooner.
(2) All private rights of way over land of which the Executive takes temporary possession under this Order shall be suspended and unenforceable for as long as the Executive remains in lawful possession of the land.
(3) Any person who suffers loss by the extinguishment or suspension of any private right of way under this article shall be entitled to compensation to be determined, in case of dispute, under Part I of the 1961 Act.
(4) This article does not apply in relation to any right of way to which section 271 or 272 of the 1990 Act (extinguishment of rights of statutory undertakers etc.) applies.
(5) Paragraphs (1) and (2) shall have effect subject to any agreement made (whether before or after this Order comes into force) between the Executive and the person entitled to the private right of way.
(6) Paragraph (1) shall have effect subject to any notice given by the Executive that that paragraph shall not apply to any right of way specified in the notice where the notice is given before whichever is the soonest of the events specified in sub-paragraphs (a) or (b) of that paragraph.
(7) Paragraph (2) shall have effect subject to any notice given by the Executive at any time before or after possession is taken that that paragraph shall not apply to any right of way specified in the notice or shall only apply to the right of way to the extent specified in the notice.
(8) This article does not apply to any of the land specified in column (1) of Part 2 of Schedule 2 to this Order.
Time limit for exercise of powers of acquisition
36.
—(1) After the end of the period of 5 years beginning with the day on which this Order comes into force—
(2) The powers conferred by article 30 shall cease at the end of the period referred to in paragraph (1), save that nothing in this paragraph shall prevent the Executive remaining in possession of land after the end of that period if the land was entered and possession of it was taken before the end of that period.
(3) Any person who, without the consent of the Executive or other reasonable excuse, uses the apparatus mentioned in paragraph (2) shall be guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 3 on the standard scale.
(4) Nothing in this article shall restrict the exercise of any public right of way over any part of a street in which apparatus is situated in pursuance of paragraph (2) except to the extent that the exercise of the right is constrained by the presence of the apparatus.
Maintenance of approved works, etc.
38.
—(1) Where, pursuant to regulations[26] made under section 41 of the 1992 Act (approval of works, plant and equipment), approval has been obtained from the Secretary of State with respect to any works, plant or equipment (including vehicles) forming part of the authorised tramway, such works, plant and equipment shall not be used in a state or condition other than that in which they were at the time that the approval was given unless any change thereto does not materially impair the safe operation of the authorised tramway.
(2) If without reasonable cause the provisions of paragraph (1) are contravened, the Executive shall be guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 3 on the standard scale.
(3) No proceedings shall be instituted in England and Wales in respect of an offence under this article except by or with the consent of the Health and Safety Executive or the Director of Public Prosecutions.
Power to charge fares
39.
The Executive may demand, take and recover or waive such charges for carrying passengers or goods on tramcars using the authorised tramway or for any other services or facilities provided in connection with the operation of the authorised tramway, as it thinks fit.
Traffic signs
40.
—(1) The Executive may, for the purposes of, or in connection with the operation of, the authorised tramway, place or maintain traffic signs of a type prescribed by regulations made under section 64(1)(a) of the 1984 Act or of a character authorised by the Secretary of State on or near any street along which tramcars using the authorised tramway are run.
(2) The Executive—
(3) Any power conferred by section 65 of the 1984 Act to give directions to a traffic authority or local traffic authority as to traffic signs shall include a power to give directions to the Executive as to traffic signs under this article; and, accordingly, the powers conferred by paragraph (1) shall be exercisable subject to and in conformity with any directions given under that section.
(4) A traffic authority or other authority having power under or by virtue of the 1984 Act to place and maintain, or cause to be placed and maintained, traffic signs on or near any street along which tramcars using the authorised tramway are run, shall consult with the Executive as to the placing of any traffic sign which would affect the operation of the authorised tramway.
(5) Tramcars shall be taken to be public service vehicles for the purposes of section 122(2)(c) of the 1984 Act.
(6) Expressions used in this article and in the 1984 Act shall have the same meaning in this article as in that Act.
Tree Preservation Orders
41.
The following, namely—
shall not apply to any exercise of the powers in section 46 (power to lop trees over-hanging railway) of the 1989 Act (including that section as applied by this Order).
Obstruction of construction of authorised works
42.
Any person who, without reasonable excuse, obstructs another person from constructing any of the authorised tramway or any other authorised works under the powers conferred by this Order shall be guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 3 on the standard scale.
Traffic regulation
43.
—(1) Subject to the provisions of this article, the Executive or the Council may, in connection with the construction or operation of the authorised tramway, at any time prior to the expiry of 12 months from the opening of the tramway for use—
(2) The Executive or the Council shall not exercise the powers of this article unless it has given not less than 12 weeks' notice in writing of its intention so to do to the chief officer of police in whose area the road is situated; and the Executive shall not exercise the powers of this article unless it has in addition obtained the prior consent of the Council.
(3) The Council shall not exercise the powers of this article unless it has consulted the Executive.
(4) Any prohibition, restriction or other provision made by the Executive or the Council under this article shall have effect as if duly made by the traffic authority in whose area the road is situated as a traffic regulation order under the 1984 Act, and the instrument by which it is effected may specify savings to which the prohibition, restriction or other provision is subject which are in addition to any exceptions provided for in Schedule 6 to this Order.
(5) Any prohibition, restriction or other provision made under this article may be varied or revoked from time to time by subsequent exercises of the powers of this article by the Executive or the Council (whether or not prior to the expiry of the period of 12 months referred to in paragraph (1)), but the Executive shall not vary or revoke any provision previously made by the Council under this article without the consent of the Council, and the Council shall not vary or revoke any provision previously made by the Executive under this article without the consent of the Executive.
(6) Any prohibition, restriction or other provision made under this article may also be varied or revoked from time to time by the Council by a traffic regulation order under the 1984 Act, but the Council shall not by such an order vary or revoke any provision previously made by the Executive under this article without the consent of the Executive.
(7) Any consent required under paragraph (2), (5) or (6) shall not be unreasonably withheld.
(8) In this article "the Council" means Birmingham City Council.
Saving for highway authorities
47.
Nothing in this Order shall affect any power of a highway authority to widen, alter, divert or improve any highway along which the authorised tramway is constructed or operated.
Certification of plans, etc.
48.
The Executive shall, as soon as practicable after the making of this Order, submit one or more copies of the book of reference, the deposited sections, the land plans and the works plans to the Secretary of State for certification that they are, respectively, the book of reference, the deposited sections, the land plans and the works plans referred to in this Order; and a document so certified shall be admissible in any proceedings as evidence of the contents of the document of which it is a copy.
Service of notices
49.
—(1) A notice or other document required or authorised to be served for the purposes of this Order may be served by post.
(2) Where the person on whom a notice or other document to be served for the purposes of this Order is a body corporate, the notice or document is duly served if it is served on the secretary or clerk of that body.
(3) For the purposes of section 7 of the Interpretation Act 1978[30] as it applies for the purposes of this article, the proper address of any person in relation to the service on him of a notice or document under paragraph (1) is, if he has given an address for service, that address, and otherwise—
(4) Where, for the purposes of this Order, a notice or other document is required or authorised to be served on a person as having any interest in, or as the occupier of, land and his name or address cannot be ascertained after reasonable enquiry, the notice may be served by—
(5) This article shall not be taken to exclude the employment of any method of service not expressly provided for by it.
No double recovery
50.
Compensation shall not be payable in respect of the same matter both under this Order and under any other enactment, any contract or any rule of law.
Disclosure of confidential information
51.
A person who—
shall be guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 3 on the standard scale unless the disclosure is made in the course of performing his duty in connection with the purposes for which he was authorised to enter the land.
Withholding of consent
52.
Where it is provided in this Order that any consent or approval is not to be unreasonably withheld, any dispute as to whether it is so unreasonably withheld or as to any conditions subject to which it is given shall (where no other provision is made in this order with respect to the determination in question) be determined by arbitration.
Arbitration
53.
Where under this Order (including any provision incorporated in or applied by this Order) any difference (other than a difference to which the provisions of the 1965 Act apply) is to be determined by or referred to arbitration, then the difference shall be referred to and settled by a single arbitrator to be agreed between the parties or, failing agreement, to be appointed, on the application of either party (after notice in writing to the other), by the President of the Institution of Civil Engineers.
Protective provisions for Network Rail and British Waterways Board
54.
Schedule 8 shall have effect.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Transport
Ellis Harvey
Head of the Transport and Works Orders Unit Department for Transport
1st July 2005
(1) | (2) |
Number of land shown on land plans | Purposes for which land to be acquired |
533 | Hard landscaping. |
535 | Provision of gate; discontinuance of disused exit. |
542 to 544 | Discontinuance and infilling of the steps and ramp to Paradise Subway and provision of new pedestrian access. |
545 and 546 | Installation and maintenance of overhead power apparatus and supports; access for construction and maintenance of authorised works. |
547, 548 and 551 to 553 | Re-siting and maintenance of utility apparatus; hard landscaping. |
556 | Installation and maintenance of overhead power apparatus and supports; hard landscaping. |
559 and 560 | Re-siting and maintenance of utility apparatus; hard landscaping. |
577 | Re-siting and maintenance of utility apparatus; hard landscaping. |
579 | Re-siting and maintenance of utility apparatus; hard landscaping. |
581 to 584 | Works associated with closure of pedestrian subway. |
585 | Hard landscaping and alteration of access road. |
586 | Closure of access. |
587 to 589 | Closure of access and alterations to internal layout of car park. |
590 | Installation of traffic signal apparatus for pedestrian crossing. |
596 | Provision of a pedestrian walkway. |
601 to 603 | Relocation of statue; landscaping; installation and maintenance of overhead power apparatus and supports. |
(1) | (2) |
Number of land shown on land plans | Purposes for which rights may be acquired |
508 | Access for construction and maintenance of authorised works. |
510 | Installation and maintenance of screen on access ramp to Pallasades Shopping Centre; closure of public toilets below ramp; re-siting and maintenance of utility apparatus; installation and maintenance of apparatus for authorised tramway. |
513 to 529 | Installation and maintenance of screen on colonnade (upper level) of Pallasades Shopping Centre; re-siting and maintenance of utility apparatus; installation and maintenance of apparatus for authorised tramway. |
530 | Access for installation and maintenance of screen on colonnade (upper level) of Pallasades Shopping Centre. |
561 | Access for alteration and maintenance of adjacent bridge. |
(1) | (2) |
Street subject to alteration of layout | Description of alteration |
Snow Hill Queensway/Colmore Circus Queensway/Colmore Row | Kerbline to be realigned between points A1 and A2. |
Snow Hill Queensway/Colmore Circus Queensway | Kerbline to be realigned between points A3 and A4. |
Colmore Circus Queensway | Kerbline to be realigned between points A5 and A6. |
Colmore Circus Queensway/Colmore Row | Kerbline to be realigned between points A7 and A8. |
Snow Hill Queensway | Kerbline to be realigned between points A9, A9a and A10 (central reserve). |
Colmore Row | Kerbline to be realigned between points A11, A11a and A12 (central reserve). |
Priory Queensway/Corporation Street |
Kerbline to be formed between points B1 and B2 and closure between those points of vehicular access from Priory Queensway and Corporation Street. Kerbline to be realigned between points B3 and B4. |
Corporation Street/Bull Street |
Kerbline to be formed between points B5 and B6 and closure of vehicular access between those points. Kerbline to be realigned between points B7 and B8. |
Stephenson Place | Kerbline to be realigned between points B9 and B10. |
Stephenson Street/Navigation Street | Kerbline to be realigned between points B11 and B12. |
Stephenson Street/Stephenson Place | Kerbline to be realigned between points B13 and B19. |
Stephenson Street | Kerbline to be formed between points B19 and B20. |
Stephenson Street/Pinfold Street | Kerbline to be realigned between points B20 and C2. |
Hill Street/Navigation Street | Kerbline to be realigned between points B14 and B15. |
Navigation Street/Stephenson Street/Pinfold Street | Kerbline to be realigned between points B16 and B17. |
Navigation Street/Pinfold Street | Kerbline to be realigned between points B18 and C1. |
Pinfold Street | Kerbline to be realigned between points C3 and C4. |
Hill Street/Paradise Street | Vehicular access to be closed and kerbline to be formed between points C5, C6, C7 and C8. |
Paradise Street/Paradise Circus Queensway | Kerblines to be realigned between points C9 and C10. |
Paradise Circus Queensway |
Kerblines to be realigned between points:— C11 and C12 C13 and C14. |
Suffolk Street Queensway/Paradise Circus Queensway/Broad Street | Footways to be realigned between points C15 and C23. |
Broad Street |
Kerblines to be realigned between points:— C18 and C19 C23 and C24 C25 and D1. |
Paradise Circus Queensway |
Pedestrian subway to be closed between points U and V. Pedestrian subway to be extended between points W and X. |
Bridge Street | Vehicular access to be closed and kerbline to be formed between points C20, C21 and C22. |
Broad Street |
Kerblines to be realigned between points:— D3 and D4 D5 and D6 D25, D25a and D26 D27, D27a and D28 (central reserve) D29, D29a and D30 D32 and D33 D34 and D35 D36 and D37 D38 and D39 D40 and D41. |
Broad Street/Bishopsgate Street | Kerblines to be realigned between points D7 and D18 and points D19 and D20. |
Broad Street/Sheepcote Street/unnamed street | Kerbline to be realigned between points D11 and D14. |
Sheepcote Street/Broad Street | Kerbline to be realigned between points D15 and D24. |
Hagley Road |
Kerblines to be realigned between points:— E1, E1a and E2 (central reserve) E5 and E6 E9 and E10 E11 and E12 E13 and E14 E15 and E16 E17 and E18 E19 and E20 E21 and E22 E29 and E30. Footway to be realigned between points:— E25 and E26 E27 and E28 E28 and E16. Pedestrian subway to be closed between points S and T. Kerblines to be formed between points:— E3 and E4 (central reserve) E7, E7a and E8 (central reserve) E12 and E13 E14 and E29 E30 and E15. |
Islington Row Middleway |
Kerblines to be formed or realigned between points:— F1 and F2 (central reserve) F4 and F5 F4 and F6 F7 and F9 F8 and F9 F10 and F11 F12 and F13 F14, F14a and F15 (central reserve) F16 (central reserve) and F17 F18 and F19. Kerblines to be formed between points:— F2 and F3 (central reserve) F5 and F6 F7 and F8 F16 and F19 F17 and F18. |
(3) In section 58(1) (determination of material detriment where part of house etc. proposed for compulsory acquisition), as it applies to determinations under section 8 of the 1965 Act as substituted by paragraph 5—
3.
—(1) The 1965 Act shall have effect with the modifications necessary to make it apply to the compulsory acquisition under this Order of a right by the creation of a new right as it applies to the compulsory acquisition under this Order of land, so that, in appropriate contexts, references in that Act to land are read (according to the requirements of the particular context) as referring to, or as including references to—
(2) Without prejudice to the generality of sub-paragraph (1), Part I of the 1965 Act shall apply in relation to the compulsory acquisition under this Order of a right by the creation of a new right with the modifications specified in the following provisions of this Schedule.
4.
For section 7 of the 1965 Act (measure of compensation) there shall be substituted the following section—
5.
For section 8 of the 1965 Act (provisions as to divided land) there shall be substituted the following—
the Midland Metro (Birmingham City Centre Extension, etc.) Order 2005 ("the Order") shall, in relation to that person, cease to authorise the purchase of the right and be deemed to authorise the purchase of that person's interest in the whole of the relevant land including, where the land consists of such a park or garden, the house to which it belongs, and the notice shall be deemed to have been served in respect of that interest on such date as the tribunal directs.
(2) Any question as to the extent of the land in which the Order is deemed to authorise the purchase of an interest by virtue of subsection (1) of this section shall be determined by the tribunal.
(3) Where, in consequence of a determination of the tribunal that it is satisfied as mentioned in subsection (1) of this section, the Order is deemed by virtue of that subsection to authorise the purchase of an interest of land, the acquiring authority may, at any time within the period of six weeks beginning with the date of the determination, withdraw the notice to treat in consequence of which the determination was made; but nothing in this subsection prejudices any other power of the authority to withdraw the notice."
6.
The following provisions of the 1965 Act (which state the effect of a deed poll executed in various circumstances where there is no conveyance by persons with interests in the land), that is to say—
shall be modified as to secure that, as against persons with interests in the land which are expressed to be overridden by the deed, the right which is to be compulsorily acquired is vested absolutely in the acquiring authority.
7.
Section 11 of the 1965 Act (powers of entry) shall be so modified as to secure that, as from the date on which the acquiring authority have served notice to treat in respect of any right, they have power, exercisable in like circumstances and subject to the like conditions, to enter for the purpose of exercising that right (which shall be deemed for this purpose to have been created on the date of service of the notice); and sections 12 (penalty for unauthorised entry) and 13 (entry on warrant in the event of obstruction) of the 1965 Act shall be modified correspondingly.
8.
Section 20 of the 1965 Act (protection for interests of tenants at will etc.) shall apply with the modifications necessary to secure that persons with such interests in land as are mentioned in that section are compensated in a manner corresponding to that in which they would be compensated on a compulsory acquisition under this Order of that land, but taking into account only the extent (if any) of such interference with such an interest as is actually caused, or likely to be caused, by the exercise of the right in question.
9.
Section 22 of the 1965 Act (protection of acquiring authority's possession where by inadvertence an estate, right or interest has not been got in) shall be so modified as to enable the acquiring authority, in circumstances corresponding to those referred to in that section, to continue to be entitled to exercise the right acquired, subject to compliance with that section as respects compensation.
(1) | (2) | (3) |
Number of land shown on land plans | Purposes for which temporary possession may be taken | Authorised work |
501 to 504 | Construction access. | Work No. 1 |
499 | Working site and construction compound. | The authorised works. |
500 | Working site and construction compound. | The authorised works. |
573 | Working site and construction compound. | The authorised works. |
574 | Working site and construction compound. | The authorised works. |
575 | Working site and construction compound. | The authorised works. |
595 | Working site and construction compound. | The authorised works. |
605 | Working site and construction compound | The authorised works. |
(1) | (2) |
Street | Extent |
Sheepcote Street | Both sides from its junction with Broad Street to its junction with Essington Street. |
Unnamed street (south-west side of Novotel hotel) lying between Sheepcote Street and Broad Street | Both sides for the whole length. |
(1) | (2) |
Street | Extent |
Colmore Circus Queensway (south-western section) | Both sides as proposed to be realigned from its junction with Snow Hill Queensway in a south-easterly direction to its junction with Bull Street. |
Stephenson Place | Both sides from its junction with New Street to its junction with Stephenson Street. |
Pinfold Street | Both sides from its junction with Stephenson Street to its junction with New Street. |
Victoria Square | On or adjacent to the proposed tramway alignment from the north-western end of Pinfold Street to the north-eastern end of Paradise Street. |
Paradise Street | Both sides from its junction with Victoria Square to its junction with Paradise Circus Queensway. |
Paradise Circus Queensway | On or adjacent to the proposed tramway from its junction with Paradise Street to its junction with Broad Street. |
Five Ways Underpass | Both sides of eastbound and westbound carriageways for the whole length. |
Hagley Road | Both sides from its junction with Five Ways roundabout to a point 60 metres west of the western kerbline of Francis Road. |
(1) | (2) |
Street | Extent |
Bull Street | Both sides from its junction with Colmore Circus Queensway to its junction with Corporation Street. |
Corporation Street | Both sides from its junction with Bull Street to its junction with New Street. |
Broad Street | Both sides from its junction with Paradise Circus Queensway to its junction with Five Ways roundabout. |
(1) | (2) |
Street | Location |
Stephenson Street | Both sides from its junction with Stephenson Place to its junction with Pinfold Street. |
(1) | (2) |
Street | Location |
Lower Temple Street | In the centre of Lower Temple Street, from a point 9 metres north of the northern kerbline of Stephenson Street for a length of 24 metres in a northerly direction. |
Bull Street | On the north-eastern side from a point 10 metres north-west of the southern corner of the building comprising Temple Court for a length of 10 metres in a north-westerly direction. |
(1) | (2) |
Street | Location |
Corporation Street | On the north-western side from the party wall of Nos. 13 and 15 Corporation Street for a length of 30 metres in a north-easterly direction. |
Ethel Street | In the centre of Ethel Street from a point 13 metres north of the northern kerbline of Stephenson Street for a length of 24 metres in a northerly direction. |
(1) | (2) |
Street | Location |
Broad Street | On the north-western side, from a point 2 metres north-east of the north-eastern kerbline of Sheepcote Street (at its junction with Broad Street) for a length of 34 metres in a north-easterly direction. |
(1) | (2) |
Street | Location |
Stephenson Street | On the northern side, from a point 44 metres east of the western kerbline of Lower Temple Street for a length of 8 metres in an easterly direction. |
(1) | (2) |
Street | Permitted movement |
Bull Street | North-west bound traffic only from its junction with Corporation Street to its junction with Temple Row. |
Corporation Street | North-east bound traffic only from its junction with New Street to its junction with Bull Street. |
Stephenson Place | North-east bound traffic only from its junction with Stephenson Street to its junction with New Street. |
Stephenson Street | North-west bound traffic only from its junction with Navigation Street to its junction with Pinfold Street. |
(1) | (2) |
Street | Permitted movement |
Hill Street | South-east bound traffic only from its junction with Swallow Street to its junction with Navigation Street. |
(1) | (2) |
Street | Permitted movement |
Pinfold Street | South-east bound traffic only from its junction with Stephenson Street to its junction with Navigation Street. |
(1) | (2) |
Street | Permitted movement |
Bath Row | Left turn only for south-west bound traffic at its junction with Islington Row. |
Temple Row | Left turn only for north-east bound traffic into Bull Street. |
Corporation Street | Left turn only for north-east bound traffic into Bull Street. |
Bishopgate Street | Left turn only for north-west bound traffic into Broad Street. |
Unnamed street (south-west side of Novotel hotel) between Sheepcote Street and Broad Street. | Left turn only for south-east bound traffic into Broad Street. |
Granville Street | Left turn only for north-west bound traffic into Broad Street. |
(1) | (2) |
Street | Permitted movement |
Berkley Street | Left turn prohibited for north-west bound traffic at its junction with Broad Street. |
(1) | (2) |
Street | Permitted movement |
Broad Street | Ahead only for north-east bound traffic at its junction with Ryland Street. |
Islington Row Middleway | Ahead only for south-east bound traffic at its junction with Bath Row (excluding left slip road to Bath Row). |
Hagley Road—into city (eastbound) carriageway | Ahead only for east bound traffic between E4 and E8. |
Hagley Road—out of city (westbound) carriageway | Ahead only for west bound traffic between points E4 and E8. |
Hagley Road | Ahead only for west bound traffic from Five Ways roundabout between points E2 and E1a. |
(1) | (2) |
Street | Prohibited movement |
Ryland Street | Right turn prohibited for south-east bound traffic at its junction with Broad Street. |
Broad Street | Right turn prohibited for south-west bound traffic at its junction with Ryland Street. |
(1) | (2) |
Street | Extent |
Colmore Circus Queensway | Whole width of carriageway, from a point 28 metres north-west of the north-western kerbline of Colmore Row (at its junction with Colmore Circus Queensway) for a length of 16 metres in a north-westerly direction. |
Suffolk Street Queensway on-slip road | Whole width of carriageway from its junction with Paradise Circus Queensway for a length of 18 metres in a south-westerly direction. |
Suffolk Street Queensway off-slip road | Whole width of carriageway from its junction with Paradise Circus Queensway for a length of 16 metres in a southerly direction. |
Five Ways Underpass | Whole width of eastbound carriageway, from a point 22 metres east of the eastern kerbline of Francis Roa (at its junction with Hagley Road) for a length of 22 metres in an easterly direction. |
Five Ways Underpass | Whole width of westbound carriageway, from a point 90 metres east of the eastern kerbline of the entrance to Edgbaston shopping centre car park (at its junction with Hagley Road) for a length of 25 metres in an easterly direction. |
Hagley Road | Whole width of westbound carriageway, from a point 30 metres east of the eastern kerbline of the entrance to Edgbaston shopping centre car park (at its junction with Hagley Road) for a length of 60 metres in an easterly direction. |
Note: In this Part, "yellow box junction" means the restriction conveyed by yellow cross-hatching as described in Part 2 of Schedule 19 to the Traffic Signs Regulations and General Directions 2002[32] with respect to diagrams 1043 and 1044 in Schedule 6 to those Regulations and Directions. |
(1) | (2) |
Street | Extent |
Paradise Circus Queensway (as proposed to be widened) | Along route of proposed westbound tramway from its junction with Paradise Street to its junction with Broad Street. |
Broad Street | From its junction with Paradise Circus Queensway to its junction with Gas Street. |
Broad Street | From its junction with Granville Street to its junction with Berkley Street. |
(1) | (2) |
Street | Extent |
Paradise Circus Queensway—southbound lane (at present used as a bus lay-by) | From its junction with Paradise Street for a length of 40 metres in a northerly direction. |
Suffolk Street Queensway—new near side lane comprised in Work No. 2B | From its junction with Paradise Circus Queensway to a point 30 metres south of that junction. |
(1) | (2) |
Street | Extent |
Victoria Square | Whole Area. |
Paradise Street | Whole Length. |
Pinfold Street | From its junction with New Street to its junction with Stephenson Street. |
Bull Street | From its junction with Colmore Circus Queensway to its junction with the Friends Meeting House access. |
Colmore Circus Queensway | From its junction with Colmore Row to its junction with Bull Street. |
Paradise Circus Queensway (as proposed to be widened) | Along route of proposed eastbound tramway from its junction with Broad Street to its junction with Paradise Street. |
(1) | (2) |
Street | Extent |
Broad Street | From the north-easterly kerbline of Sheepcote Street for a length of 45 metres in a north-easterly direction. |
(1) | (2) |
Street | Extent |
Ethel Street | At its junction with Stephenson Street. |
Lower Temple Street | At its junction with Stephenson Street. |
Cherry Street | From its junction with Cannon Street to its junction with Corporation Street. |
Bridge Street | At its junction with Broad Street. |
(1) | (2) |
Street | Extent |
Corporation Street | From its junction with New Street to its junction with Bull Street. |
Stephenson Street | From its junction with Navigation Street to its junction with Stephenson Place. |
Stephenson Place | Whole length. |
Bull Street | From its junction with Corporation Street to its junction with Temple Row. |
(1) | (2) |
Street | Extent |
New Street | From its junction with Corporation Street to its junction with Union Passage. |
(1) | (2) |
Street | Extent |
Bull Street | From its junction with Temple Row to its junction with the Friends Meeting House access. |
(1) | (2) |
Street | Extent |
New Street | From its junction with Temple Street for a length of 10 metres in an easterly direction. |
Lower Temple Street | From its junction with New Street for a length of 44 metres in a south-westerly direction. |
(1) | (2) |
Street | Extent |
Five Ways Underpass | For the whole length of westbound carriageway from its junction with Broad Street to its junction with Hagley Road. |
(1) | (2) |
Street | Extent |
Five Ways Underpass | For the whole length of eastbound carriageway from its junction with Hagley Road to its junction with Broad Street. |
(3) Where any apparatus of public utility undertakers or of an operator of an electronic communications code network is removed in pursuance of a notice or order given or made under section 271, 272 or 273 of the 1990 Act, as applied by sub-paragraph (1), any person who is the owner or occupier of premises to which a supply was given from that apparatus shall be entitled to recover from the Executive compensation in respect of expenditure reasonably incurred by him, in consequence of the removal, for the purpose of effecting a connection between the premises and any other apparatus from which a supply is given.
(4) Sub-paragraph (3) shall not apply in the case of the removal of a public sewer but where such a sewer is removed in pursuance of such a notice or order as is mentioned in that paragraph, any person who is—
shall be entitled to recover from the Executive compensation in respect of expenditure reasonably incurred by him, in consequence of the removal, for the purpose of making his drain or sewer communicate with any other public sewer or with a private sewage disposal plant.
(5) The provisions of the 1990 Act mentioned in sub-paragraph (1), as applied by that sub-paragraph, shall not have effect in relation to apparatus as respects which Part III of the 1991 Act applies (including that Part as applied by article 3).
(6) In this paragraph—
(3) The temporary stopping up, alteration or diversion of any highway under article 13 of this Order shall not affect any right of an operator of a electronic communications code network under paragraph 9 of the electronic communications code in respect of any apparatus which at the time of the stopping up or diversion is in the highway.
(4) In this paragraph—
3.
—(1) The undertaker shall not exercise the powers conferred by article 23 or the powers conferred by section 11(3) of the 1965 Act in respect of any railway property unless the exercise of such powers is with the consent of Network Rail.
(2) The undertaker shall not in the exercise of the powers conferred by this Order prevent pedestrian or vehicular access to any railway property, unless preventing such access is with the consent of Network Rail.
(3) The undertaker shall not under the powers of this Order acquire or use or acquire new rights over any railway property except with the consent of Network Rail.
(4) The undertaker shall not exercise the powers conferred by sections 271 or 272 of the 1990 Act, as applied by Schedule 7 to this Order, in relation to any right of access of Network Rail to railway property, but such right of access may be diverted with the consent of Network Rail.
(5) Where Network Rail is asked to give its consent pursuant to sub-paragraphs (1), (2), (3) or (4), such consent shall not be unreasonably withheld but may be given subject to reasonable conditions.
4.
—(1) The undertaker shall, before commencing construction of any specified work, supply to Network Rail proper and sufficient plans of that work for the reasonable approval of the engineer and shall not commence construction of the specified work until such plans as have been approved in writing by the engineer or settled by arbitration.
(2) The approval of the engineer under sub-paragraph (1) shall not be unreasonably withheld, and if by the end of the period of 56 days beginning with the date on which such plans have been supplied to Network Rail the engineer has not intimated his disapproval of those plans and the grounds of his disapproval he shall be deemed to have approved the plans as submitted.
(3) If by the end of the period of 56 days beginning with the date on which such plans have been supplied to Network Rail, Network Rail gives notice to the undertaker that Network Rail desires itself to construct any part of a specified work which in the opinion of the engineer will or may affect the stability of railway property or the safe operation of traffic on the railways of Network Rail then, if the undertaker desires such part of the specified work to be constructed, Network Rail shall construct it with all reasonable dispatch on behalf of and to the reasonable satisfaction of the undertaker in accordance with the plans approved or deemed to be approved or settled under this paragraph and under the supervision (where appropriate and if given) of the undertaker.
(4) When signifying his approval of the plans the engineer may specify any protective works (whether temporary or permanent) which in his opinion should be carried out before the commencement of the construction of a specified work to ensure the safety or stability of railway property, or the continuation of safe and efficient operation of the railways of Network Rail or the services of train operators using the same (including any relocation, decommissioning and removal of works, apparatus and equipment necessitated by a specified work and the comfort and safety of passengers who may be affected by the specified works), and such protective works as may be reasonably necessary for those purposes shall be constructed by Network Rail or if Network Rail so desires such protective works shall be carried out by the undertaker at its own expense, with all reasonable dispatch and the undertaker shall not commence the construction of a specified work until the engineer has notified the undertaker that the protective works have been completed to his reasonable satisfaction.
5.
—(1) Any specified work and any protective works to be constructed by virtue of paragraph 4(4) shall, when commenced, be constructed—
and if any damage to railway property or any such interference or obstruction shall be caused by the carrying out of, or in consequence of the construction of a specified work, the undertaker shall, notwithstanding any such approval, make good such damage and shall pay to Network Rail all reasonable expenses to which Network Rail may be put and compensation for any loss which it may sustain by reason of any such damage, interference or obstruction.
(2) The Undertaker shall give to the engineer no less than 180 days' notice of its intention to commence the construction of a specified work and shall give, except in emergency (when it shall give such notice as may be reasonably practicable), 90 days' notice of its intention to carry out any works for the maintenance or repair of a specified work in so far as such work of repair or maintenance may affect railway property.
6.
The undertaker shall—
7.
Network Rail shall at all times afford reasonable facilities to the undertaker and its agents for access to any works carried out by Network Rail under this Schedule during their construction and shall supply the undertaker with such information as it may reasonably require with regard to such works or the method of constructing them.
8.
—(1) If any alterations or additions, either permanent or temporary, to railway property are reasonably necessary during the construction of a specified work or any protective works under paragraph 4(4), or during a period of 12 months after the commencement of regular revenue-earning train operations using the new railways comprised in any specified work, in consequence of the construction of a specified work, such alterations and additions may be carried out by Network Rail and if Network Rail gives to the undertaker reasonable notice of its intention to carry out such alterations or additions, the undertaker shall pay to Network Rail the reasonable cost of those alterations or additions including, in respect of any such alterations and additions as are to be permanent, a capitalised sum representing the increase in costs which may be expected to be reasonably incurred by Network Rail in maintaining, working and, when necessary, renewing any such alterations or additions.
(2) If the cost of maintaining, working or renewing railway property is reduced in consequence of any such alterations or additions referred to in paragraph 8(1) a capitalised sum representing such saving shall be set off against any sum payable by the undertaker to Network Rail under this paragraph.
9.
The undertaker shall repay to Network Rail all reasonable fees, costs, charges and expenses reasonably incurred by Network Rail—
10.
—(1) In this paragraph—
(2) This paragraph shall apply to EMI only to the extent that such EMI is not attributable to any change to Network Rail's apparatus carried out after approval of plans under paragraph 4(1) for the relevant part of the authorised works giving rise to EMI (unless the undertaker has been given notice in writing before the approval of those plans of the intention to make such change) other than any change carried out by Network Rail as part of, or in consequence of the authorised works.
(3) Subject to sub-paragraph (5), the undertaker shall in the design and construction of the authorised works take all measures necessary to prevent EMI and shall establish with Network Rail (both parties acting reasonably) appropriate arrangements to verify their effectiveness.
(4) In order to facilitate the undertaker's compliance with sub-paragraph (3)—
(5) In any case where it is established that EMI can only reasonably be prevented by modifications to Network Rail's apparatus, Network Rail shall not withhold its consent unreasonably to modifications of Network Rail's apparatus, but the means of prevention and the method of their execution shall be selected in Network Rail's reasonable discretion, and in relation to such modifications paragraph 4(1) shall have effect subject to this sub-paragraph.
(6) If at any time prior to the commencement of regular revenue-earning train operations on the new railways comprised in the authorised works and notwithstanding any measures adopted pursuant to sub-paragraph (3), the testing or commissioning of the authorised works causes EMI then the undertaker shall immediately upon receipt of notification by Network Rail of such EMI either in writing or communicated orally (such oral communication to be confirmed in writing as soon as reasonably practicable after it has been issued) forthwith cease to use (or procure the cessation of use of) the undertaker's apparatus causing such EMI until all measures necessary have been taken to remedy such EMI by way of modification to the source of such EMI or (in the circumstances, and subject to the consent, specified in sub-paragraph (5)) to Network Rail's apparatus.
(7) In the event of EMI having occurred—
(8) Where Network Rail approves modifications to Network Rail's apparatus pursuant to sub-paragraphs (5) or (6)—
(9) To the extent that it would not otherwise do so, the indemnity in paragraph 14(1) shall apply to the costs and expenses reasonably incurred or losses suffered by Network Rail through the implementation of the provisions of this paragraph (including costs incurred in connection with the consideration of proposals, approval of plans, supervision and inspection of works and facilitating access to Network Rail's apparatus) or in consequence of any EMI to which sub-paragraph (6) applies.
(10) For the purpose of paragraph 9(a) any modifications to Network Rail's apparatus under this paragraph shall be deemed to be protective works referred to in that paragraph.
(11) In relation to any dispute arising under this paragraph the reference in article 53 to the Institution of Civil Engineers shall be read as a reference to the Institution of Electrical Engineers.
11.
—(1) If at any time after the completion of a specified work, not being a work vested in Network Rail, Network Rail gives notice to the undertaker informing it that the state of maintenance of the specified work appears to be such as adversely affects the operation of railway property, the undertaker shall, on receipt of such notice, take such steps as may be reasonably necessary to put that specified work in such state of maintenance as not adversely to affect railway property.
(2) If at any time after the completion of a specified work, being a work vested in Network Rail, the undertaker gives notice to Network Rail informing it that the state of maintenance of the specified work appears to be such as adversely affects the operation of the authorised tramway, Network Rail shall, on receipt of such notice, take such steps as may be reasonably necessary to put that specified work in such state of maintenance as not adversely to affect the authorised tramway.
12.
The undertaker shall not provide any illumination or illuminated sign or signal on or in connection with a specified work in the vicinity of any railway belonging to Network Rail unless it shall have first consulted Network Rail and it shall comply with Network Rail's reasonable requirements for preventing confusion between such illumination or illuminated sign or signal and any railway signal or other light used for controlling, directing or securing the safety of traffic on the railway.
13.
Any additional expenses which Network Rail may reasonably incur in altering, reconstructing or maintaining railway property under any powers existing at the making of this Order by reason of the existence of a specified work shall, provided that 56 days' previous notice of the commencement of such alteration, reconstruction or maintenance has been given to the undertaker, be repaid by the undertaker to Network Rail.
14.
—(1) The undertaker shall pay to Network Rail all reasonable costs, charges, damages and expenses not otherwise provided for in this Schedule which may be occasioned to or reasonably incurred by Network Rail—
and the undertaker shall indemnify Network Rail from and against all claims and demands arising out of or in connection with a specified work or any such failure, act or omission; and the fact that any act or thing may have been done by Network Rail on behalf of the undertaker or in accordance with plans approved by the engineer or in accordance with any requirement of the engineer or under his supervision shall not (if it was done without negligence on the part of Network Rail or of any person in its employ or of its contractors or agents) excuse the undertaker from any liability under the provisions of this Schedule.
(2) Network Rail shall give the undertaker reasonable notice of any such claim or demand and no settlement or compromise of such a claim or demand shall be made without the prior consent of the undertaker.
(3) The sums payable by the undertaker under sub-paragraph (1) shall include a sum equivalent to the relevant costs.
(4) Subject to the terms of any agreement between Network Rail and a train operator regarding the timing or method of payment of the relevant costs in respect of that train operator, Network Rail shall promptly pay to each train operator the amount of any sums which Network Rail receives under sub-paragraph (3) which relates to the relevant costs of that train operator.
(5) The obligation under sub-paragraph (3) to pay Network Rail the relevant costs shall, in the event of default, be enforceable directly by any train operator concerned to the extent that such sums would be payable to that operator pursuant to sub-paragraph (4).
(6) In this paragraph—
15.
Network Rail shall, on receipt of a request from the undertaker, from time to time provide the undertaker free of charge with written estimates of the costs, charges, expenses and other liabilities for which the undertaker is or will become liable under this Schedule (including the amount of the relevant costs mentioned in paragraph 14) and with such information as may reasonably enable the undertaker to assess the reasonableness of any such estimate or claim made or to be made pursuant to this Schedule (including any claim relating to those relevant costs).
16.
In the assessment of any sums payable to Network Rail under this Schedule there shall not be taken into account any increase in the sums claimed that is attributable to any action taken by or any agreement entered into by Network Rail if that action or agreement was not reasonably necessary and was taken or entered into with a view to obtaining payment of those sums by the undertaker under this Schedule or increasing the sums so payable.
17.
The undertaker and Network Rail may, subject in the case of Network Rail to compliance with the terms of its network licence, enter into, and carry into effect, agreements for the transfer to the undertaker of—
and "construct" and "constructed" have corresponding meanings;
except with the consent of BW and on terms that BW may reasonably require, and in accordance with plans approved by, and under the supervision (if given) of, the engineer.
(5) The undertaker shall not exercise any power conferred by this Order in such a way as to interfere with the supply of water to or the drainage of water from a waterway unless such exercise is with the consent of BW.
(6) The undertaker shall not exercise the powers conferred by article 23 or the powers conferred by section 11(3) of the 1965 Act, in relation to a waterway, unless such exercise is with the consent of BW.
(7) The undertaker shall not exercise the powers conferred by sections 271 or 272 of the 1990 Act, as applied by Schedule 7 to this Order, so as to divert any right of access to a waterway, but such right of access may be diverted with the consent of BW.
(8) The consent of BW pursuant to sub-paragraphs (1) to (7) and the approval of plans under paragraph (4) shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed but may be given subject to reasonable terms and conditions which in the case of article 19 may include conditions—
3.
The undertaker shall not use any land or property of BW forming part of a waterway for the passage or siting of vehicles, plant or machinery employed in the construction of the specified works other than—
but nothing in this paragraph shall apply in relation to anything done in accordance with any approval given by BW under paragraph 7.
4.
If in consequence of or in connection with the exercise of the powers of this Order any part of a towing path or any public right of way giving access thereto ("the closed section") is temporarily closed to persons on foot on cycles or in a wheelchair and there is no way which provides a reasonable alternative, the undertaker shall, to the reasonable satisfaction of BW, provide in substitution a sufficient and convenient way for such persons between the points of commencement and termination of the closed section for such time as the closure continues.
(3) The reasonable costs of the survey shall include the costs of any dewatering or reduction of the water level of any part of the waterway (where reasonably required) which may be effected to facilitate the carrying out of the survey and the provision of this Part of this Schedule shall apply with all necessary modifications to any such dewatering or reduction in the water level as though the same were specified works.
(4) Copies of the survey shall be provided to both BW and the undertaker at no cost to BW.
and such protective works shall be constructed by the undertaker or by BW at the undertaker's request with all reasonable dispatch and the undertaker shall not commence the construction of a specified work until the engineer has notified the undertaker that the protective works have been completed to his reasonable satisfaction.
(4) The undertaker shall pay to BW a capitalised sum representing the reasonably increased or additional cost of maintaining and, when necessary, renewing any works, including any permanent protective works provided under sub-paragraph (3), and of carrying out any additional dredging of the waterway necessitated by the exercise of any of the powers of this Order but if the cost of maintaining the waterway, or of works of renewal of the waterway, is reduced in consequence of any such works, a capitalised sum representing such reasonable saving shall be set off against any sum payable by the undertaker to BW under this paragraph.
(5) In the event that the undertaker fails to complete the construction of, or part of, the specified works BW may, if it is reasonably required in order to avoid detriment, construct any of the specified works, or part of such works, (together with any adjoining works) in order to complete the construction of, or part of, the specified works or make such works and the undertaker shall reimburse BW all costs, fees, charges and expenses it has reasonably incurred in carrying out such works.
and shall have regard to such views as may be expressed by BW to the extent that these accord with the requirements of the local planning authority in response to such consultation pursuant in particular to the requirements imposed on BW by section 22 (General environmental and recreational duties) of the British Waterways Act 1995[37] and to the interest of BW in preserving and enhancing the environment of its waterways.
(2) Nothing in this Order shall authorise the undertaker to make or maintain any permanent works in or over a waterway so as to impede or prevent (whether by reducing the width of a waterway or otherwise) the passage of any vessel which is of a kind (as to its dimensions) for which BW is required by section 105(1)(b) and (2) of the Transport Act 1968[38] to maintain the waterway.
(3) Following the completion of the construction of the specified works the undertaker shall restore the waterway to a condition no less satisfactory than its condition immediately prior to the commencement of those works.
(2) BW on being given reasonable notice shall—
14.
—(1) If during the construction of a specified work or a protective work or during a period of 24 months after the completion of those works any alterations or additions, either permanent or temporary, to a waterway are reasonably necessary in consequence of the construction of the specified work or the protective work in order to avoid detriment, and BW gives to the undertaker reasonable notice of its intention to carry out such alterations or additions (which shall be specified in the notice), the undertaker shall pay to BW the reasonable cost of those alterations or additions including, in respect of any such alterations and additions as are to be permanent, a capitalised sum representing the increase of the costs which may be expected to be reasonably incurred by BW in maintaining, working and, when necessary, renewing any such alterations or additions.
(2) If the cost of maintaining, working or renewing the waterway is reduced in consequence of any such alterations or additions a capitalised sum representing such saving shall be set off against any sum payable by the undertaker to BW under this paragraph.
17.
Any additional expenses which BW may reasonably incur in altering, reconstructing or maintaining a waterway under any powers existing at the making of this Order by reason of the existence of a specified work shall, provided that 56 days' previous notice of the commencement of such alteration, reconstruction or maintenance has been given to the undertaker, be repaid by the undertaker to BW.
and subject to paragraph (4) below the undertaker shall effectively indemnify and hold harmless BW from and against all claims and demands arising out of or in connection with any of the matters referred to in sub-paragraphs (a) and (b) above.
(3) The fact that any act or thing may have been done by BW on behalf of the undertaker or in accordance with plans approved by the engineer or in accordance with any requirement of the engineer or under his supervision or in accordance with any directions or awards of an arbitrator shall not (if it was done without negligence on the part of BW or of any person in its employ or of its contractors or agents) excuse the undertaker from any liability under the provisions of this paragraph.
(4) BW shall give the undertaker reasonable notice of any such claim or demand as aforesaid and no settlement or compromise of such a claim or demand shall be made without the prior consent of the undertaker.
[2] 1992 c. 42. amended by S.I. 1995/1541 and 1998/2226.back
[33] 1984 c. 12; Schedule 2 was amended by the New Roads and Street Works Act 1991, Schedule 8, paragraphs 113 and 115 and the Communications Act 2003, Schedule 3.back