The Network Rail (Essex and Others Level Crossing Reduction) (Amendment) Order 2023

Made: 10th May 2023

Coming into force: 11th May 2023

The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 1 and 5 of, and paragraphs 4 and 7 of Schedule 1 to, the 1992 Act, makes the following Order—

Citation, commencement and interpretation

1

This Order may be cited as the Network Rail (Essex and Others Level Crossing Reduction) (Amendment) Order 2023 and comes into force on 11th May 2023.

2

In this Order, “the 2022 Order” means the Network Rail (Essex and Others Level Crossing Reduction) Order 2022[^f00003].

Amendments to the 2022 Order

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• (1) The 2022 Order is amended as follows.

• (2) In Part 1 of Schedule 2, in the entry for the Parish of Boreham, in column (3)—

• (a) for “P163, P164, P165 and P166” substitute “P163 and P164”; and

• (b) for “P163, P167, P165, P166 and P162” substitute “P163, P167 and P165”.

• (3) In Schedule 5, in the entry for the Parish of Thorley—

• (a) in column (2), omit “32”; and

• (b) in column (3) omit “Access”.

Signed

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Transport

Natasha Kopala — Head of the Transport and Works Act Orders Unit — Department for Transport — 10th May 2023

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

EXPLANATORY NOTE

This Order amends the Network Rail (Essex and Others Level Crossing Reduction) Order 2022 which conferred powers on Network Rail to close or downgrade the level crossings specified in Schedule 2 and for the permanent acquisition of and temporary use of land in connection with the construction of public rights of way and other works in the highway required in connection with the level crossing changes. This Order clarifies the extent of stopping up of Footpath EX/213/24 (Boreham) (Schedule 2) and removes Plot 32 from Schedule 5 which is no longer needed for access.

Footnotes

[^f00001]: S.I. 2006/1466, as amended by S.I. 2010/439. S.I. 2011/556, S.I. 2011/2085, S.I. 2012/147, S.I. 2012/1658, S.I. 2012/2590, S.I. 2013/755, S.I. 2014/469, S.I. 2015/377, S.I. 2015/627, S.I. 2015/1682, S.I. 2017/979, S.I. 2017/1070 and S.I. 2019/311

[^f00002]: 1992 c. 42. Section 1 was amended by paragraphs 51 and 52 of Schedule 2 to the Planning Act 2008 (c. 29). Section 5 was amended by S.I. 2012/1659.

[^f00003]: S.I. 2022/651.