The Sheringham Shoal and Dudgeon Extensions Offshore Wind Farm Order 2024

Type Statutory-Instrument
Publication 2024-04-17
Last updated 2025-02-07
State In force
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  • (a) a plan prepared in accordance with the layout commitments setting out proposed details of the authorised project, including the—
  • (i) number, dimensions, specification, foundation type(s) and depth for each wind turbine generator, offshore platform and substation;
  • (ii) the grid coordinates of the centre point of the proposed location for each wind turbine generator, platform and substation;
  • (iii) proposed layout of all cables;
  • (iv) location and specification of all other aspects of the authorised project; and
  • (v) any exclusion zones or micro-siting requirements identified pursuant to 12(1)(f)(v) or relating to any benthic habitats of conservation, ecological or economic importance constituting Annex I reef habitats identified as part of surveys undertaken in accordance with condition 17;

to ensure conformity with the description of Work Nos. 3B to 7B in the event of scenario 1, 2 or 3, or 3C to 5C and 7C in the event of scenario 4 and compliance with conditions 1 and 2;

  • (b) a construction programme and monitoring plan (which accords with the offshore in principle monitoring plan) which, save in respect information submitted pursuant to sub- paragraph ‎(b)‎(iii)(aa), is to be submitted to the MMO at least six months prior to commencement of licensed activities and to include details of—
  • (i) the proposed construction start date;
  • (ii) proposed timings for mobilisation of plant, delivery of materials and installation works;
  • (iii) proposed pre-construction surveys, baseline report format and content, construction monitoring, post-construction surveys and monitoring and related reporting in accordance with conditions 17, 18 and 19 to be submitted to the MMO in accordance with the following (unless otherwise agreed in writing with the MMO)—
  • (aa) at least four months prior to the first survey, detail of the pre-construction surveys and an outline of all proposed pre-construction monitoring;
  • (bb) at least four months prior to construction, detail on construction monitoring; and
  • (cc) at least four months prior to commissioning, detail of post-construction (and operational) monitoring;
  • (iv) an indicative written construction programme for all offshore substation platforms and cables including fibre optic cables comprised in the works at Part 1 (licensed marine activities) of this Schedule (insofar as not shown in paragraph ‎(ii) above);
  • (c) a construction method statement in accordance with the construction methods assessed in the environmental statement, including details of—
  • (i) cable specification, installation and monitoring for cables located outside of the Cromer Shoal Chalk Beds Marine Conservation Zone to include—
  • (aa) the technical specification of cables below MHWS;
  • (bb) a detailed cable laying plan for the authorised project, incorporating a burial risk assessment encompassing the identification of any cable protection that exceeds 5 percent of navigable depth referenced to Chart Datum and, in the event that any area of cable protection exceeding 5 percent of navigable depth is identified, details of any steps (to be determined following consultation with the MCA and Trinity House) to be taken to ensure existing and future safe navigation is not compromised or similar such assessment to ascertain suitable burial depths and cable laying techniques, including cable protection; and
  • (cc) proposals for monitoring cables including cable protection until the authorised project is decommissioned which includes a risk-based approach to the management of unburied or shallow buried cables;
  • (ii) scour protection and cable protection including details of the need, type, sources, quantity and installation methods for scour protection and cable protection, with details updated and resubmitted for approval if changes to it are proposed following cable laying operations;
  • (iii) foundation installation methodology, including drilling methods and disposal of drill arisings and material extracted during seabed preparation for foundation and cable installation works and having regard to any mitigation scheme pursuant to sub- paragraph ‎(1)‎(a)(i);
  • (iv) advisory safe passing distances for vessels around construction sites;
  • (v) contractors;
  • (vi) vessels and vessel transit corridors;
  • (vii) associated ancillary works; and
  • (viii) guard vessels to be employed;
  • (d) a project environmental management plan (in accordance with the outline project environmental management plan) covering the period of construction and operation to include details of—
  • (i) a marine pollution contingency plan to address the risks, methods and procedures to deal with any spills and collision incidents during construction and operation of the authorised project in relation to all activities carried out;
  • (ii) a chemical risk assessment, including information regarding how and when chemicals are to be used, stored and transported in accordance with recognised best practice guidance;
  • (iii) waste management and disposal arrangements;
  • (iv) the appointment and responsibilities of a fisheries liaison officer;
  • (v) a fisheries liaison and coexistence plan (which accords with the outline fisheries liaison and co-existence plan) to ensure relevant fishing fleets are notified of commencement of licensed activities pursuant to condition 4 and to address the interaction of the licensed activities with fishing activities; and
  • (vi) procedures, which must be adopted within vessel transit corridors to minimise disturbance to red-throated diver during the period 1 November to 31 March (inclusive), which must be in accordance with the best practice protocol for minimising disturbance to red throated diver;
  • (vii) a code of conduct for vessel operators to reduce risk of injury to mammals;
  • (e) a cable specification, installation and monitoring plan for the installation of cables within the Cromer Shoal Chalk Beds Marine Conservation Zone (in accordance with the outline Cromer Shoal Chalk Beds Marine Conservation Zone cable specification, installation and monitoring plan);
  • (f) an archaeological written scheme of investigation in relation to the offshore Order limits seaward of MHWS, which must accord with the outline written scheme of investigation (offshore) and industry good practice, in consultation with the statutory historic body to include—
  • (i) details of responsibilities of the undertaker, archaeological consultant and contractor;
  • (ii) a methodology for further site investigation including any specifications for geophysical, geotechnical and diver or remotely operated vehicle investigations;
  • (iii) archaeological analysis of survey data, and timetable for reporting, which is to be submitted to the MMO within four months of any survey being completed;
  • (iv) delivery of any mitigation including, where necessary, identification and modification of archaeological exclusion zones;
  • (v) monitoring of archaeological exclusion zones during and post construction;
  • (vi) a requirement for the undertaker to ensure that a copy of any agreed archaeological report is deposited with the Archaeological Data Service, by submitting an OASIS (‘Online Access to the Index of archaeological investigations’) form with a digital copy of the report within six months of completion of construction of the authorised scheme, and to notify the MMO and Historic England that the OASIS form has been submitted to the Archaeological Data Service within two weeks of submission;
  • (vii) a reporting and recording protocol, including reporting of any wreck or wreck material during construction, operation and decommissioning of the authorised scheme; and
  • (viii) a timetable for all further site investigations, which must allow sufficient opportunity to establish a full understanding of the historic environment within the offshore Order limits and the approval of any necessary mitigation required as a result of the further site investigations prior to commencement of licensed activities;
  • (g) an offshore operations and maintenance plan (in accordance with the outline offshore operations and maintenance plan), to be submitted to the MMO at least six months prior to commencement of operation of the licensed activities and to provide for review and resubmission every three years during the operational phase;
  • (h) an aids to navigation management plan to be agreed in writing by the MMO following consultation with Trinity House specifying how the undertaker will ensure compliance with condition 7 from the commencement of construction of the authorised project to the completion of decommissioning;
  • (i) in the event that driven or part-driven pile foundations are proposed to be used, a marine mammal mitigation protocol (in accordance with the draft marine mammal mitigation protocol), the intention of which is to prevent injury to marine mammals, following current best practice as advised by the relevant statutory nature conservation bodies, to be submitted to the MMO at least six months prior to commencement of licensed activities;
  • (j) a mitigation scheme for any benthic habitats of conservation, ecological and/or economic importance constituting Annex I reef habitats and including the designated features of the MCZ identified by the survey referred to in condition 17(4)(a) and in accordance with the offshore in principle monitoring plan;
  • (k) an ornithological monitoring plan setting out the circumstances in which ornithological monitoring will be required and the monitoring to be carried out in such circumstances to be submitted to the MMO at least six months prior to commencement of licensed activities; and
  • (l) a navigation management plan to manage crew transfer vessels (including daughter craft) during the construction and operation of the authorised project.
  • (2) Pre-commencement surveys and archaeological investigations and pre-commencement material operations which involve intrusive seabed works must only take place in accordance with a specific outline written scheme of investigation (which must accord with the details set out in the outline written scheme of investigation (offshore)) which has been submitted to and approved by the MMO.

Site Integrity Plan

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  • (1) No piling activities can take place until a Site Integrity Plan (“SIP”), which accords with the principles set out in the in principle Site Integrity Plan for the Southern North Sea Special Area of Conservation, has been submitted to, and approved in writing, by the MMO in consultation with the relevant statutory nature conservation body.
  • (2) The SIP submitted for approval must contain a description of the conservation objectives for the Southern North Sea Special Area of Conservation (“SNS SAC”) as well as any relevant management measures and it must set out the key statutory nature conservation body advice on activities within the SNS SAC relating to piling as set out within the JNCC Guidance and how this has been considered in the context of the authorised scheme.
  • (3) The SIP must be submitted in writing to the MMO no later than six months prior to the commencement of piling activities.
  • (4) In approving the SIP the MMO must be satisfied that the authorised scheme at the preconstruction stage, in-combination with other plans and projects, is in line with the JNCC Guidance.
  • (5) The approved SIP may be amended with the prior written approval of the MMO, in consultation with the relevant statutory nature conservation body, where the MMO remains satisfied that the Project, in-combination with other plans or projects at the pre-construction stage, is in line with the JNCC Guidance.
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  • (1) Each programme, statement, plan, protocol or scheme required to be approved under condition 12 must be submitted for approval at least four months before the intended commencement of licensed activities, except where otherwise stated or unless otherwise agreed in writing by the MMO.
  • (2) The MMO must determine an application for approval made under conditions 12 and 13 within a period of four months commencing on the date the application is received by the MMO, unless otherwise agreed in writing with the undertaker.
  • (3) The licensed activities must be carried out in accordance with the plans, protocols, statements, schemes and details approved under conditions 12 and 13, unless otherwise agreed in writing by the MMO.

Offshore safety management

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No part of the authorised project may commence until the MMO, in consultation with the MCA, has confirmed in writing that the undertaker has taken into account and, so far as is applicable to that stage of the project, adequately addressed all MCA recommendations as appropriate to the authorised project contained within MGN654 “Offshore Renewable Energy Installations (OREIs) – Guidance on UK Navigational Practice, Safety and Emergency Response Issues” (or any equivalent guidance that replaces or supersedes it) and its annexes.

Reporting of engaged agents, contractors and vessels

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  • (1) The undertaker must provide the following information in writing to the MMO—
  • (a) the name, function, company number (if applicable), registered or head office address (as appropriate) of any agent or contractor appointed to engage in the licensed activities within seven days of appointment; and
  • (b) each week during the construction of the authorised project a completed Hydrographic Note H102 listing the vessels currently and to be used in relation to the licensed activities.
  • (2) The undertaker must notify the MMO in writing of any vessel being used to carry on any licensed activity listed in this marine licence on behalf of the undertaker. Such notification must be received by the MMO no less than 24 hours before the commencement of the licensed activity. Notification must include the master’s name, vessel type, vessel IMO number and vessel owner or operating company.
  • (3) Any changes to the supplied details must be notified to the MMO in writing at least 24 hours before the agent, contractor or vessel engages in the licensed activities.

Pre-construction monitoring and surveys

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  • (1) The undertaker must, in discharging condition 12(1)(b), submit a monitoring plan or plans in accordance with the offshore in principle monitoring plan for written approval in writing by the MMO in consultation with the relevant statutory nature conservation body, which must contain details of proposed monitoring and surveys, including methodologies and timings, and a proposed format and content for a pre-construction baseline report.
  • (2) The survey proposals submitted under sub-paragraph ‎(1) must be in general accordance with the principles set out in the offshore in principle monitoring plan and must specify each survey’s objectives and explain how it will assist in either informing a useful and valid comparison with the post-construction position or will enable the validation or otherwise of key predictions in the environmental statement.
  • (3) The baseline report proposals submitted under sub-paragraph ‎(1) must ensure that the outcome of the agreed surveys, together with existing data and reports, are drawn together to present a valid statement of the pre-construction position, with any limitations, and must make clear what post-construction comparison is intended and the justification for this being required.
  • (4) The pre-construction surveys referred to in sub-paragraph ‎(1) must, unless otherwise agreed with the MMO, have due regard to, but not be limited to, the need to undertake—
  • (a) an appropriate survey to determine the location, extent and composition of any benthic habitats of conservation, ecological and/or economic importance constituting Annex 1 reef habitats in the parts of the Order limits in which it is proposed to carry out construction works;
  • (b) a swath-bathymetry survey to IHO Order 1a standard that meets the requirements MGN654 and its annexes, and side scan sonar, of the area(s) within the Order limits in which it is proposed to carry out construction works;
  • (c) undertake or contribute to any marine mammal monitoring referred to in the marine mammal mitigation protocol submitted in accordance with condition 12(1)(i); and
  • (d) any ornithological monitoring required by the ornithological monitoring plan submitted in accordance with condition 12(1)(k).
  • (5) The undertaker must carry out the surveys specified within the monitoring plan or plans in accordance with that plan or plans, unless otherwise agreed in writing by the MMO in consultation with the relevant statutory nature conservation body.

Construction monitoring and surveys

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  • (1) The undertaker must, in discharging condition 12(1)(b), submit details (which accord with the offshore in principle monitoring plan) for approval in writing by the MMO in consultation with the relevant statutory nature conservation bodies of any proposed monitoring and surveys including methodologies and timings, to be carried out during the construction of the authorised scheme. The survey proposals must specify each survey’s objectives.
  • (2) In the event that driven or part-driven pile foundations are proposed, such monitoring must include measurements of noise generated by the installation of the first four piled foundations of each piled foundation type to be installed unless the MMO otherwise agrees in writing.
  • (3) The undertaker must carry out the surveys approved under sub-paragraph ‎(1), including any further noise monitoring required in writing by the MMO, and provide the agreed reports in the agreed format in accordance with the agreed timetable, unless otherwise agreed in writing with the MMO in consultation with the relevant statutory nature conservation bodies.
  • (4) The results of the initial noise measurements monitored in accordance with sub-paragraph ‎(2) must be provided to the MMO within six weeks of the installation of the first four piled foundations. The assessment of this report by the MMO will determine whether any further noise monitoring is required. If, in the reasonable opinion of the MMO in consultation with the relevant statutory nature conservation body, the assessment shows significantly different impacts to those assessed in the environmental statement or failures in mitigation, all piling activity must cease until an update to the marine mammal mitigation protocol and further monitoring requirements have been agreed.
  • (5) The undertaker must carry out the surveys specified in the construction monitoring plan in accordance with that plan, including any further noise monitoring required in writing by the MMO under sub-paragraph ‎(4), unless otherwise agreed in writing by the MMO in consultation with the relevant statutory nature conservation body.
  • (6) Construction monitoring must include vessel traffic monitoring in accordance with the outline marine traffic monitoring plan, including the provision of reports on the results of that monitoring at the end of each year of the construction period to the MMO, MCA and Trinity House.
  • (7) In the event that piled foundations are proposed to be used, the details submitted in accordance with the marine mammal mitigation protocol must include proposals for monitoring marine mammals.

Post-construction monitoring and surveys

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  • (1) The undertaker must, in discharging condition 12(1)(b), submit details (which accord with the offshore in principle monitoring plan) for approval in writing by the MMO in consultation with the relevant statutory nature conservation bodies of proposed post-construction monitoring and surveys, including methodologies and timings, and a proposed format, content and timings for providing reports on the results.
  • (2) The survey proposals must specify each survey’s objectives and explain how it will assist in either informing a useful and valid comparison with the pre-construction position and/or will enable the validation or otherwise of key predictions in the environmental statement.
  • (3) The post-construction surveys referred to in sub-paragraph ‎(1) must, unless otherwise agreed with the MMO, have due regard to, but not be limited to, the need to—
  • (a) undertake an appropriate survey to determine any change in the location, extent and composition of any benthic habitats of conservation, ecological and/or economic importance constituting Annex 1 reef habitats identified in the pre-construction survey in the parts of the Order limits in which construction works were carried out. The survey design must be informed by the results of the pre-construction benthic survey;
  • (b) undertake, within twelve months of completion of the licensed activities, a full sea floor coverage swath-bathymetry survey that meets the requirements of MGN654 and its annexes, and side scan sonar, of the area(s) within the Order limits in which construction works were carried out to assess any changes in bedform topography and such further monitoring or assessment as may be agreed to ensure that cables (including fibre optic cables) have been buried or protected;
  • (c) undertake any ornithological monitoring required by the ornithological monitoring plan submitted in accordance with condition 12(1)(k);
  • (d) undertake post-construction traffic monitoring in accordance with the outline marine traffic monitoring plan, including the provision of reports on the results of that monitoring to the MMO, the MCA and Trinity House;
  • (e) undertake or contribute to any marine mammal monitoring referred to in the marine mammal mitigation protocol submitted in accordance with condition 12(1)(i); and
  • (f) undertake monitoring of cables installed within the Cromer Shoal Chalk Beds MCZ in accordance with any monitoring required by the cable specification, installation and monitoring plan for the installation of cables within the Cromer Shoal Chalk Beds Marine Conservation Zone submitted in accordance with condition 12(1)(e).
  • (4) The undertaker must carry out the surveys agreed under sub-paragraph (1) and provide the agreed reports to the MMO in the agreed format in accordance with the agreed timetable, unless otherwise agreed in writing with the MMO in consultation with the relevant statutory nature conservation bodies.
  • (5) Following installation of cables, the cable monitoring plans required under conditions 12(1)(c) and 12(1)(e) must be updated with the results of the post installation surveys. The plans must be implemented until the authorised scheme is decommissioned and reviewed as specified within the plan, following cable burial surveys, or as instructed by the MMO.
  • (6) In the event that the reports provided to the MMO under sub-paragraph ‎(4) identify a need for additional monitoring, the requirement for any additional monitoring will be agreed with the MMO in writing and implemented as agreed.
  • (7) In the event that the reports provided to the MMO under sub-paragraph ‎(4) identify impacts which are unanticipated and or beyond those predicted within the Environmental Statement and the Habitats Regulations Assessment, an adaptive management plan to reduce effects to within what was predicted with the Environmental Statement and Habitats Regulations Assessment, unless otherwise agreed in writing by the MMO, must be submitted alongside the monitoring reports submitted under sub-paragraph (4). This plan must be agreed with the MMO in consultation with the relevant statutory nature conservation bodies to reduce effects to an agreed suitable level for the project. Any such agreed and approved adaptive management or mitigation should be implemented and monitored in full to a timetable agreed in writing with the MMO. In the event that this adaptive management or mitigation requires a separate consent, the undertaker shall apply for such consent. Where a separate consent is required to undertake the agreed adaptive management or mitigation, the undertaker shall only be required to undertake the adaptive management or mitigation once the consent is granted.

Reporting of scour and cable protection

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  • (1) Not more than four months following completion of the construction of the authorised project, the undertaker must provide the MMO and the relevant statutory nature conservation bodies with a report setting out details of the cable protection and scour protection used for the authorised project.
  • (2) The report must include the following information—
  • (a) the location of cable protection and scour protection;
  • (b) the volume of cable protection and scour protection; and
  • (c) any other information relating to the cable protection and scour protection as agreed between the MMO and the undertaker.

Completion of construction

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  • (1) The undertaker must submit a close out report to the MMO, the MCA, Trinity House, UKHO and the relevant statutory nature conservation body within three months of the date of completion of construction. The close out report must confirm the date of completion of construction and must include details of the latitude and longitude coordinates of the export cables, provided as Geographical Information System data referenced to WGS84 datum.
  • (2) Following completion of construction, no further construction activities can be undertaken under this marine licence.

Sediment Sampling

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  • (1) The undertaker must submit a sample plan request in writing to the MMO for written approval of a sample plan.
  • (2) The sample plan request must be made—
  • (a) for capital dredging, at least six months prior to the commencement of any capital dredging; or
  • (b) for maintenance dredging, at least six months prior to the end of every third year from the date of the previous sediment sample analysis.
  • (3) The sample plan request must include details of—
  • (a) the volume of material to be dredged;
  • (b) the location of the area to be dredged;
  • (c) details of the material type proposed for dredging;
  • (d) the type and dredging methodology (including whether it is a capital or maintenance dredge, depth of material to be dredged and proposed programme for the dredging activities); and
  • (e) the location and depth of any supporting samples.
  • (4) Unless otherwise agreed by the MMO, the undertaker must undertake the sampling in accordance with the approved sample plan.

Collaboration

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  • (1) Prior to submission of plans and documentation required to be submitted to the MMO for approval in accordance with conditions 12 and 13, the undertaker must provide a copy of the relevant plans and documentation to SEL to enable SEL to provide any comments on the plans and documentation to the undertaker.
  • (2) The plans and documentation submitted to the MMO for approval in accordance with conditions 12 and 13 must be accompanied by any comments received by the undertaker from SEL in accordance with sub-paragraph (1) or a statement from the undertaker confirming that no such comments were received.

Seasonal Restriction

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  • (1) The undertaker must not carry out any cable installation works within the GW during the winter period.
  • (2) For the purpose of this condition—
  • “the GW” means the site designated as the Greater Wash Special Protection Area;
  • “winter period” means the period between 1 November to 31 March inclusive.

Obstacle free zone for navigational safety

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No infrastructure of any type included within the offshore works, including wind turbine generators and offshore substation platforms, shall be installed within the area defined by the coordinates as specified below and no part of any wind turbine generator, including its blades, may overfly into the area.

Point ID of the area Latitude (D°M.MM) Longitude (D°M.MM)
A (NW corner) 53° 21.1541′ N 1° 10.1853′ E
B (SW corner) 53° 19.0449′ N 1° 12.3327′ E
C (NE corner) 53° 21.1558′ N 1° 11.8346′ E
D (SE corner) 53° 19.5696′ N 1° 13.6102′ E

SCHEDULE 14 — Protective provisions

PART 1 — Protection of electricity, gas, water and sewerage undertakers

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For the protection of the undertakers referred to in this Part the following provisions must, unless otherwise agreed in writing between the undertaker and the affected undertaking concerned, have effect.

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In this Part—

  • “affected undertaker” means—any licence holder within the meaning of Part 1 of the Electricity Act 1989;a gas transporter within the meaning of Part 1 of the Gas Act 1986;a water undertaker within the meaning of the Water Industry Act 1991; anda sewerage undertaker within the meaning of Part 1 of the Water Industry Act 1991;

for the area of the authorised development, and in relation to any apparatus, means the undertaker to whom it belongs or by whom it is maintained.

  • “alternative apparatus” means alternative apparatus adequate to enable the affected undertaker in question to fulfil its statutory functions in a manner no less efficient than previously;
  • “apparatus” means—in the case of an electricity undertaker, electric lines or electrical plant (as defined in the Electricity Act 1989) belonging to or maintained by that licence holder;in the case of a gas undertaker, any mains, pipes or other apparatus belonging to or maintained by a gas transporter for the purposes of gas supply;in the case of a water undertaker, mains, pipes or other apparatus belonging to or maintained by the affected undertaker for the purposes of water supply; and any water mains or service pipes (or part of a water main or service pipe) that is the subject of an agreement to adopt made under section 51A (agreements to adopt water main or service pipe at future date) of the Water Industry Act 1991 at the time of the works mentioned in this Part; andin the case of a sewerage undertaker—any drain or works vested in the sewerage undertaker under the Water Industry Act 1991; andany sewer which is so vested or is the subject of a notice of intention to adopt given under section 102(4) (adoption of sewers and disposal works) of that Act or an agreement to adopt made under section 104 (agreements to adopt sewer, drain or sewage disposal works, at future date) of that Act;and includes a sludge main, disposal main (within the meaning of section 219 (general interpretation) of that Act) or sewer outfall and any manholes, ventilating shafts, pumps or other accessories forming part of any such sewer, drain or works, and includes any structure in which apparatus is or is to be lodged or which gives or will give access to apparatus;
  • “functions” includes powers and duties;
  • “in” in a context referring to apparatus or alternative apparatus in land includes a reference to apparatus or alternative apparatus under, over or upon land;
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This Part does not apply to apparatus in respect of which the relations between the undertaker and the utility undertaker are regulated by the provisions of Part 3 (street works in England and Wales) of the 1991 Act.

Acquisition of land

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Regardless of any provision of this Order or anything shown on the land plans, the undertaker must not acquire any apparatus otherwise than by agreement.

Removal of apparatus

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  • (1) If, in the exercise of the powers conferred by this Order, the undertaker acquires any interest in any land in which any apparatus is placed that apparatus must not be removed under this Part, and any right of an affected undertaker to maintain that apparatus in that land must not be extinguished until alternative apparatus has been constructed and is in operation to the reasonable satisfaction of the utility undertaker in question.
  • (2) If, for the purpose of executing any works in, on or under any land purchased, held, or used under this Order, the undertaker requires the removal of any apparatus placed in that land, it must give to the affected undertaker in question 28 days written notice of that requirement, together with a plan and section of the work proposed, and of the proposed position of the alternative apparatus to be provided or constructed and in that case (or if in consequence of the exercise of any of the powers conferred by this Order an affected undertaker reasonably needs to remove any of its apparatus) the undertaker must, subject to sub-paragraph ‎(3), afford to the affected undertaker the necessary facilities and rights for the construction of alternative apparatus in other land of the undertaker and subsequently for the maintenance of that apparatus.
  • (3) If alternative apparatus or any part of such apparatus is to be constructed elsewhere than in other land of the undertaker, or the undertaker is unable to afford such facilities and rights as are mentioned in sub-paragraph ‎(2) in the land in which the alternative apparatus or part of such apparatus is to be constructed, the affected undertaker in question must, on receipt of a written notice to that effect from the undertaker, as soon as reasonably possible use its best endeavours to obtain the necessary facilities and rights in the land in which the alternative apparatus is to be constructed.
  • (4) Any alternative apparatus to be constructed in land of the undertaker under this Part must be constructed in such manner and in such line or situation as may be agreed between the affected undertaker in question and the undertaker or in default of agreement settled by arbitration in accordance with article 42 (arbitration).
  • (5) The affected undertaker in question must, after the alternative apparatus to be provided or constructed has been agreed or settled by arbitration in accordance with article 42 (arbitration), and after the grant to the affected undertaker of any such facilities and rights as are referred to in sub-paragraph ‎(2) or ‎(3), proceed without unnecessary delay to construct and bring into operation the alternative apparatus and subsequently to remove any apparatus required by the undertaker to be removed under the provisions of this Part.
  • (6) Regardless of anything in sub-paragraph ‎(5), if the undertaker gives notice in writing to the affected undertaker in question that the undertaker desires itself to execute any work, or part of any work, in connection with the construction or removal of apparatus in any land controlled by the undertaker, that work, instead of being executed by the affected undertaker, must be executed by the undertaker without unnecessary delay under the superintendence, if given, and to the reasonable satisfaction of the affected undertaker.
  • (7) Nothing in sub-paragraph ‎(6) authorises the undertaker to execute the placing, installation, bedding, packing, removal, connection or disconnection of any apparatus, or execute any filling around the apparatus (where the apparatus is laid in a trench) within 300 millimetres of the apparatus.

Facilities and rights for alternative apparatus

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  • (1) Where, in accordance with the provisions of this Part, the undertaker affords to an affected undertaker facilities and rights for the construction and maintenance in land of the undertaker of alternative apparatus in substitution for apparatus to be removed, those facilities and rights must be granted upon such terms and conditions as may be agreed between the undertaker and the affected undertaker in question or in default of agreement settled by arbitration in accordance with article 42 (arbitration).
  • (2) If the facilities and rights to be afforded by the undertaker in respect of any alternative apparatus, and the terms and conditions subject to which those facilities and rights are to be granted, are in the opinion of the arbitrator less favourable on the whole to the affected undertaker in question than the facilities and rights enjoyed by it in respect of the apparatus to be removed and the terms and conditions to which those facilities and rights are subject, the arbitrator must make such provision for the payment of compensation by the undertaker to that affected undertaker as appears to the arbitrator to be reasonable having regard to all the circumstances of the particular case.

Retained apparatus

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  • (1) Not less than 28 days before starting the execution of any works of the type referred to in sub-paragraph 5(2) that are required within 15 metres, or will or may affect, any apparatus the removal of which has not been required by the undertaker under sub-paragraph 5(2) the undertaker must submit to the affected undertaker in question a plan, section and description of the works to be executed.
  • (2) Those works must be executed only in accordance with the plan, section and description submitted under sub-paragraph ‎(1) and in accordance with such reasonable requirements as may be made in accordance with sub-paragraph ‎(3) by the affected undertaker for the alteration or otherwise for the protection of the apparatus, or for securing access to it, and the affected undertaker is entitled to watch and inspect the execution of those works.
  • (3) Any requirements made by a utility undertaker under sub-paragraph ‎(2) are to be made within a period of 21 days beginning with the date on which a plan, section and description under sub-paragraph ‎(1) is submitted to it.
  • (4) If an affected undertaker, in accordance with sub-paragraph ‎(3) and in consequence of the works proposed by the undertaker, reasonably requires the removal of any apparatus and gives written notice to the undertaker of that requirement, the provisions of this Part apply as if the removal of the apparatus had been required by the undertaker under paragraph 5(2).
  • (5) Nothing in this paragraph precludes the undertaker from submitting at any time or from time to time, but in no case less than 28 days before commencing the execution of any works, a new plan, section and description instead of the plan, section and description previously submitted, and having done so the provisions of this paragraph apply to and in respect of the new plan, section and description.
  • (6) The undertaker is not required to comply with sub-paragraph ‎(1) in a case of emergency but in that case it must give to the affected undertaker in question notice as soon as is reasonably practicable and a plan, section and description of those works as soon as reasonably practicable subsequently and must comply with sub-paragraph ‎(2) in so far as is reasonably practicable in the circumstances.

Expenses and costs

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  • (1) Subject to the following provisions of this paragraph, the undertaker must repay to an affected undertaker the reasonable expenses incurred by that affected undertaker in, or in connection with, the inspection, removal, alteration or protection of any apparatus or the construction of any new apparatus (including costs or compensation payable in connection with the acquisition of land for that purpose) which may be required in consequence of the execution of any such works as are referred to in sub-paragraph 5(2).
  • (2) The value of any apparatus removed under the provisions of this Part must be deducted from any sum payable under sub-paragraph ‎(1), that value being calculated after removal.
  • (3) If in accordance with the provisions of this Part—
  • (a) apparatus of better type, of greater capacity or of greater dimensions is placed in substitution for existing apparatus of worse type, of smaller capacity or of smaller dimensions; or
  • (b) apparatus (whether existing apparatus or apparatus substituted for existing apparatus) is placed at a depth greater than the depth at which the existing apparatus was situated;

and the placing of apparatus of that type or capacity or of those dimensions or the placing of apparatus at that depth, as the case may be, is not agreed by the undertaker or, in default of agreement, is not determined by arbitration in accordance with article 42 (arbitration) to be necessary then, if such placing involves cost exceeding that which would have been involved if the apparatus placed had been of the existing type, capacity or dimensions, or at the existing depth, as the case may be, the amount which apart from this sub-paragraph would be payable to the affected undertaker in question by virtue of sub-paragraph ‎(1) must be reduced by the amount of that excess.

  • (4) For the purposes of sub-paragraph ‎(3)—
  • (a) an extension of apparatus to a length greater than the length of existing apparatus must not be treated as a placing of apparatus of greater dimensions than those of the existing apparatus; and
  • (b) where the provision of a joint in a pipe or cable is agreed, or is determined to be necessary, the consequential provision of a jointing chamber or of a manhole must be treated as if it also had been agreed or had been so determined.
  • (5) An amount which apart from this sub-paragraph would be payable to an affected undertaker in respect of works by virtue of sub-paragraph ‎(1), if the works include the placing of apparatus provided in substitution for apparatus placed more than 7 years and 6 months earlier so as to confer on the affected undertaker any financial benefit by deferment of the time for renewal of the apparatus in the ordinary course, is to be reduced by the amount which represents that benefit.
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  • (1) Subject to sub-paragraphs ‎(2) and ‎(3), if by reason or in consequence of the construction of any such works referred to in paragraph 5(2) any damage is caused to any apparatus (other than apparatus the repair of which is not reasonably necessary in view of its intended removal for the purposes of those works) or property of a utility undertaker, or there is any interruption in any service provided, or in the supply of any goods, by any utility undertaker, the undertaker must—
  • (a) bear and pay the cost reasonably incurred by that affected undertaker in making good such damage or restoring the supply; and
  • (b) make reasonable compensation to that affected undertaker for any other expenses, loss, damages, penalty or costs incurred by the utility undertaker;

by reason or in consequence of any such damage or interruption.

  • (2) Nothing in sub-paragraph ‎(1) imposes any liability on the undertaker with respect to any damage or interruption to the extent that it is attributable to the act, neglect or default of a utility undertaker, its officers, servants, contractors or agents.
  • (3) An affected undertaker must give the undertaker reasonable notice of any such claim or demand and no settlement or compromise is to be made without the consent of the undertaker and, if such consent is withheld, the undertaker has the sole conduct of any settlement or compromise or of any proceedings necessary to resist the claim or demand.

Miscellaneous

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Nothing in this Part affects the provisions of any enactment or agreement regulating the relations between the undertaker and an affected undertaker in respect of any apparatus in land belonging to the undertaker on the date on which this Order is made.

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Any difference or dispute arising between the undertaker and the affected undertaker under this Part must, unless otherwise agreed in writing between the undertaker and the affected undertaker, be determined by arbitration in accordance with article 42 (arbitration).

PART 2 — Protection for operators of electronic communications code networks

1

For the protection of any operator, the following provisions shall, unless otherwise agreed in writing between the undertaker and the operator, have effect.

2

In this Part—

  • “the 2003 Act” means the Communications Act 2003;
  • “conduit system” has the same meaning as in the electronic communications code and references to providing a conduit system is to be construed in accordance with paragraph 1(3A) of that code;
  • “electronic communications apparatus” has the same meaning as in the electronic communications code;
  • “electronic communications code” has the same meaning as in Chapter 1 of Part 2 (networks, services and the radio spectrum) of the 2003 Act;
  • “electronic communications code network” means—so much of an electronic communications network or conduit system provided by an electronic communications code operator as is not excluded from the application of the electronic communications code by a direction under section 106 of the 2003 Act; andan electronic communications network which the undertaker is providing or proposing to provide;
  • “electronic communications code operator” means a person in whose case the electronic communications code is applied by a direction under section 106 of the 2003 Act; and
  • “operator” means the operator of an electronic communications code network.
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The exercise of the powers conferred by article 27 (statutory undertakers) is subject to Part 10 of Schedule 3A (the electronic communications code) to the 2003 Act.

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  • (1) Subject to sub-paragraphs ‎(2) to ‎(4), if as a result of the authorised development or its construction, or of any subsidence resulting from the authorised development—
  • (a) any damage is caused to any electronic communications apparatus belonging to an operator (other than apparatus the repair of which is not reasonably necessary in view of its intended removal for the purposes of the authorised development, or other property of an operator); or
  • (b) there is any interruption in the supply of the service provided by an operator;

the undertaker must bear and pay the cost reasonably incurred by the operator in making good such damage or restoring the supply and make reasonable compensation to that operator for any other expenses, loss, damages, penalty or costs incurred by it by reason, or in consequence of, any such damage or interruption.

  • (2) Nothing in sub-paragraph ‎(1) imposes any liability on the undertaker with respect to any damage or interruption to the extent that it is attributable to the act, neglect or default of an operator, its officers, servants, contractors or agents.
  • (3) The operator must give the undertaker reasonable notice of any such claim or demand and no settlement or compromise of the claim or demand is to be made without the consent of the undertaker and, if such consent is withheld, the undertaker has the sole conduct of any settlement or compromise or of any proceedings necessary to resist the claim or demand.
  • (4) Any difference arising between the undertaker and the operator under this Part must be referred to and settled by arbitration under article 42 (arbitration).
  • (5) This Part does not apply to—
  • (a) any apparatus in respect of which the relations between the undertaker and an operator are regulated by the provisions of Part 3 (street works in England and Wales) of the 1991 Act; or
  • (b) any damage, or any interruption, caused by electro-magnetic interference arising from the construction or use of the authorised project.
  • (6) Nothing in this Part affects the provisions of any enactment or agreement regulating the relations between the undertaker and an operator in respect of any apparatus in land belonging to the undertaker on the date on which this Order is made.

PART 3 — For the protection of Network Rail Infrastructure Limited

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The provisions of this Part of this Schedule have effect, unless otherwise agreed in writing between the undertaker and Network Rail and, in the case of paragraph 15 of this Part of this Schedule any other person on whom rights or obligations are conferred by that paragraph.

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In this Part of this Schedule—

  • “asset protection agreement” means an agreement to regulate the construction and maintenance of the specified work in a form prescribed from time to time by Network Rail;
  • “construction” includes execution, placing, alteration and reconstruction and “construct” and “constructed” have corresponding meanings;
  • “the engineer” means an engineer appointed by Network Rail for the purposes of this Order;
  • “network licence” means the network licence, as the same is amended from time to time, granted to Network Rail Infrastructure Limited by the Secretary of State in exercise of their powers under section 8 (licences) of the Railways Act 1993;
  • “Network Rail” means Network Rail Infrastructure Limited (company number 02904587, whose registered office is at Waterloo General Office, London SE1 8SW) and any associated company of Network Rail Infrastructure Limited which holds property for railway purposes, and for the purpose of this definition “associated company” means any company which is (within the meaning of section 1159 of the Companies Act 2006) the holding company of Network Rail Infrastructure Limited, a subsidiary of Network Rail Infrastructure Limited or another subsidiary of the holding company of Network Rail Infrastructure Limited and any successor to Network Rail Infrastructure Limited’s railway undertaking;
  • “plans” includes sections, designs, design data, software, drawings, specifications, soil reports, calculations, descriptions (including descriptions of methods of construction), staging proposals, programmes and details of the extent, timing and duration of any proposed occupation of railway property;
  • “railway operational procedures” means procedures specified under any access agreement (as defined in the Railways Act 1993) or station lease;
  • ”railway property” means any railway belonging to Network Rail and—any station, land, works, apparatus and equipment belonging to Network Rail or connected with any such railway; andany easement or other property interest held or used by Network Rail or a tenant or licensee of Network Rail for the purposes of such railway or works, apparatus or equipment;
  • “regulatory consents” means any consent or approval required under—the Railways Act 1993;the network licence; and/orany other relevant statutory or regulatory provisions;

by either the Office of Rail and Road or the Secretary of State for Transport or any other competent body including change procedures and any other consents, approvals of any access or beneficiary that may be required in relation to the authorised development;

  • “specified work” means so much of any of the authorised development as is situated upon, across, under, over or within 15 metres of, or may in any way adversely affect, railway property and, for the avoidance of doubt, includes the maintenance of such works under the powers conferred by article 4 (maintenance of the authorised project) in respect of such works.
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  • (1) Where under this Part of this Schedule Network Rail is required to give its consent or approval in respect of any matter, that consent or approval is subject to the condition that Network Rail complies with any relevant railway operational procedures and any obligations under its network licence or under statute.
  • (2) In so far as any specified work or the acquisition or use of railway property is or may be subject to railway operational procedures, Network Rail must—
  • (a) co-operate with the undertaker with a view to avoiding undue delay and securing conformity as between any plans approved by the engineer and requirements emanating from those procedures; and
  • (b) use their reasonable endeavours to avoid any conflict arising between the application of those procedures and the proper implementation of the authorised development pursuant to this Order.
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  • (1) The undertaker must not exercise the powers conferred by—
  • (a) article 3 (development consent granted by the Order);
  • (b) article 4 (maintenance of the authorised project);
  • (c) article 14 (discharge of water);
  • (d) article 16 (authority to survey and investigate land);
  • (e) article 17 (compulsory acquisition of land);
  • (f) article 19 (compulsory acquisition of rights);
  • (g) article 20 (private rights over land);
  • (h) article 22 (acquisition of subsoil or airspace only);
  • (i) article 24 (rights under or over streets);
  • (j) article 25 (temporary use of land for carrying out the authorised project);
  • (k) article 26 (temporary use of land for maintaining the authorised project);
  • (l) article 27 (statutory undertakers);
  • (m) article 33 (felling or lopping of trees or removal of hedgerows);
  • (n) article 34 (trees subject to tree preservation orders);
  • (o) the powers conferred by section 11(3) (powers of entry) of the 1965 Act;
  • (p) the powers conferred by section 203 (power to override easements and rights) of the Housing and Planning Act 2016;
  • (q) the powers conferred by section 172 (right to enter and survey land) of the Housing and Planning Act 2016;
  • (r) any powers in respect of the temporary possession of land under the Neighbourhood Planning Act 2017;

in respect of any railway property unless the exercise of such powers is with the consent of Network Rail.

  • (2) The undertaker must 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 must not exercise the powers conferred by sections 271 or 272 of the 1990 Act, article 20 (private rights over land), article 24 (rights under or over streets) or article 27 (statutory undertakers) 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.
  • (4) The undertaker must not under the powers of this Order acquire or use or acquire new rights over, or seek to impose any restrictive covenants over, any railway property, or extinguish any existing rights of Network Rail in respect of any third party property, except with the consent of Network Rail.
  • (5) The undertaker must not under the powers of this Order do anything which would result in railway property being incapable of being used or maintained or which would affect the safe running of trains on the railway.
  • (6) Where Network Rail is asked to give its consent pursuant to this paragraph, such consent must not be unreasonably withheld but may be given subject to reasonable conditions but it shall never be unreasonable to withhold consent for reasons of operational or railway safety (such matters to be in Network Rail’s absolute discretion).
  • (7) The undertaker must enter into an assets protection agreement prior to the carrying out of any specified work.
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  • (1) The undertaker must 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 the specified work must not be commenced except in accordance with 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) must not be unreasonably withheld, and if by the end of the period of 28 days beginning with the date on which such plans have been supplied to Network Rail the engineer has not intimated their disapproval of those plans and the grounds of such disapproval the undertaker may serve upon the engineer written notice requiring the engineer to intimate approval or disapproval within a further period of 28 days beginning with the date upon which the engineer receives written notice from the undertaker. If by the expiry of the further 28 days the engineer has not intimated approval or disapproval, the engineer shall be deemed to have approved the plans as submitted.
  • (3) If by the end of the period of 28 days beginning with the date on which written notice was served upon the engineer under sub-paragraph ‎(2), 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 must construct it without unnecessary delay 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 their approval of the plans the engineer may specify any protective works (whether temporary or permanent) which in the engineer’s 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 operators using the same (including any relocation, de-commissioning 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 must be constructed by Network Rail or by the undertaker, if Network Rail so desires, and such protective works must be carried out at the expense of the undertaker in either case without unnecessary delay and the undertaker must not commence the construction of the specified works until the engineer has notified the undertaker that the protective works have been completed to their reasonable satisfaction.
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  • (1) Any specified work and any protective works to be constructed by virtue of paragraph 5(4) must, when commenced, be constructed—
  • (a) without unnecessary delay in accordance with the plans approved or deemed to have been approved or settled under paragraph 5;
  • (b) under the supervision (where appropriate and if given) and to the reasonable satisfaction of the engineer;
  • (c) in such manner as to cause as little damage as is possible to railway property; and
  • (d) so far as is reasonably practicable, so as not to interfere with or obstruct the free, uninterrupted and safe use of any railway of Network Rail or the traffic thereon and the use by passengers of railway property.
  • (2) 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 must, notwithstanding any such approval, make good such damage and must 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.
  • (3) Nothing in this Part of this Schedule imposes any liability on the undertaker with respect to any damage, costs, expenses or loss attributable to the negligence of Network Rail or its servants, contractors or agents or any liability on Network Rail with respect of any damage, costs, expenses or loss attributable to the negligence of the undertaker or its servants, contractors or agents.
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The undertaker must—

  • (a) at all times afford reasonable facilities to the engineer for access to a specified work during its construction; and
  • (b) supply the engineer with all such information as they may reasonably require with regard to a specified work or the method of constructing it.
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Network Rail must at all times afford reasonable facilities to the undertaker and its agents for access to any works carried out by Network Rail under this Part of this Schedule during their construction and must supply the undertaker with such information as it may reasonably require with regard to such works or the method of constructing them.

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  • (1) If any permanent or temporary alterations or additions to railway property are reasonably necessary in consequence of the construction or completion of a specified work in order to ensure the safety of railway property or the continued safe operation of the railway of Network Rail, such alterations and additions may be carried out by Network Rail and if Network Rail gives to the undertaker 56 days’ notice (or in the event of an emergency or safety critical issue such notice as is reasonable in the circumstances) of its intention to carry out such alterations or additions (which must be specified in the notice), the undertaker must 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 of the 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 during the construction of a specified work by the undertaker, Network Rail gives notice to the undertaker that Network Rail desires itself to construct that part of the specified work which in the opinion of the engineer is endangering the stability of railway property or the safe operation of traffic on the railways of Network Rail then, if the undertaker decides that part of the specified work is to be constructed, Network Rail must assume construction of that part of the specified work and the undertaker must, notwithstanding any such approval of a specified work under paragraph 5(3), pay to Network Rail all reasonable expenses to which Network Rail may be put and compensation for any loss which it may suffer by reason of the execution by Network Rail of that specified work.
  • (3) The engineer must, in respect of the capitalised sums referred to in this paragraph and paragraph 10(a) provide such details of the formula by which those sums have been calculated as the undertaker may reasonably require.
  • (4) If the cost of maintaining, working or renewing railway property is reduced in consequence of any such alterations or additions a capitalised sum representing such saving must be set off against any sum payable by the undertaker to Network Rail under this paragraph.
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The undertaker must repay to Network Rail all reasonable fees, costs, charges and expenses reasonably incurred by Network Rail—

  • (a) in constructing any part of a specified work on behalf of the undertaker as provided by paragraph 5(3) or in constructing any protective works under the provisions of paragraph 5(4) including, in respect of any permanent protective works, a capitalised sum representing the cost of maintaining and renewing those works;
  • (b) in respect of the approval by the engineer of plans submitted by the undertaker and the supervision by the engineer of the construction of a specified work;
  • (c) in respect of the employment or procurement of the services of any inspectors, signallers, watch-persons and other persons whom it shall be reasonably necessary to appoint for inspecting, signalling, watching and lighting railway property and for preventing, so far as may be reasonably practicable, interference, obstruction, danger or accident arising from the construction or failure of a specified work;
  • (d) in respect of any special traffic working resulting from any speed restrictions which may in the opinion of the engineer, require to be imposed by reason or in consequence of the construction or failure of a specified work or from the substitution or diversion of services which may be reasonably necessary for the same reason; and
  • (e) in respect of any additional temporary lighting of railway property in the vicinity of the specified works, being lighting made reasonably necessary by reason or in consequence of the construction or failure of a specified work.
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  • (1) In this paragraph—
  • “EMI” means, subject to sub-paragraph ‎(2), electromagnetic interference with Network Rail apparatus generated by the operation of the authorised development where such interference is of a level which adversely affects the safe operation of Network Rail’s apparatus; and
  • “Network Rail’s apparatus” means any lines, circuits, wires, apparatus or equipment (whether or not modified or installed as part of the authorised development) which are owned or used by Network Rail for the purpose of transmitting or receiving electrical energy or of radio, telegraphic, telephonic, electric, electronic or other like means of signalling or other communications.
  • (2) This paragraph applies 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 5(1) for the relevant part of the authorised development 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).
  • (3) Subject to sub-paragraph ‎(5), the undertaker must in the design and construction of the authorised development take all measures necessary to prevent EMI and must 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)—
  • (a) the undertaker must consult with Network Rail as early as reasonably practicable to identify all Network Rail’s apparatus which may be at risk of EMI, and thereafter must continue to consult with Network Rail (both before and after formal submission of plans under paragraph 5(1)) in order to identify all potential causes of EMI and the measures required to eliminate them;
  • (b) Network Rail must make available to the undertaker all information in the possession of Network Rail reasonably requested by the undertaker in respect of Network Rail’s apparatus identified pursuant to sub-paragraph ‎(a); and
  • (c) Network Rail must allow the undertaker reasonable facilities for the inspection of Network Rail’s apparatus identified pursuant to sub-paragraph ‎(a).
  • (5) In any case where it is established that EMI can only reasonably be prevented by modifications to Network Rail’s apparatus, Network Rail must not withhold its consent unreasonably to modifications of Network Rail’s apparatus, but the means of prevention and the method of their execution must be selected in the reasonable discretion of Network Rail, and in relation to such modifications paragraph 5(1) has effect subject to the sub-paragraph.

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