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• (2) The Board must give to the undertaker reasonable notice of any such claim or demand, and no settlement or compromise may be made without the agreement of the undertaker which agreement must not be unreasonably withheld or delayed.

• (3) The Board must use its reasonable endeavours to mitigate in whole or in part and to minimise any claims, demands, proceedings, costs, damages, expenses or loss to which this paragraph applies. If requested to do so by the undertaker, the Board must provide an explanation of how the claim has been minimised. The undertaker is only liable under this paragraph for claims reasonably incurred by the Board.

100

The fact that any work or thing has been executed or done by the undertaker in accordance with a plan approved or deemed to be approved by the Board, or to its satisfaction, or in accordance with any directions or award of an arbitrator, does not relieve the undertaker from any liability under this Part.

101

Any dispute between the undertaker and the Board under this Part, unless otherwise agreed, must be determined by arbitration under article ‎42, but must be determined by the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs and the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy acting jointly on a reference to them by the undertaker or the Board, after notice in writing by one to the other.

PART 9 — FOR THE PROTECTION OF THE ENVIRONMENT AGENCY

102

The following provisions apply for the protection of the Agency unless otherwise agreed in writing between the undertaker and the Agency.

103

In this Part of this Schedule—

• “the Agency” means the Environment Agency;

• “construction” includes execution, placing, altering, replacing, relaying and removal and excavation and “construct” and “constructed” must be construed accordingly;

• “drainage work” means any main river and includes any land which provides flood storage capacity for any main river and any bank, wall, embankment or other structure, or any appliance, constructed or used for land drainage, flood defence or tidal monitoring;

• “fishery” means any waters containing fish and fish in, or migrating to or from, such waters and the spawn, spawning ground, habitat or food of such fish;

• “main river” has the same meaning given in section 113 of the Water Resources Act 1991;

• “plans” includes sections, drawings, specifications, calculations and method statements;

• “remote defence” means any berm, wall or embankment that is constructed for the purposes of preventing or alleviating flooding from, or in connection with, any main river; and

• “specified work” means so much of any work or operation authorised by this Order as is in, on, under, over or within—8 metres of the base of a remote defence which is likely to—endanger the stability of, cause damage or reduce the effectiveness of that remote defence; orinterfere with the Agency’s access to or along that remote defence;16 metres of a drainage work involving a tidal main river or 8 metres of a drainage work involving a non-tidal main river; orany distance of a drainage work and is otherwise likely to—affect any drainage work or the volumetric rate of flow of water in or flowing to or from any drainage work;affect the flow, purity or quality of water in any main river or other surface waters;cause obstruction to the free passage of fish or damage to any fishery;affect the conservation, distribution or use of water resources; oraffect the conservation value of the main river and habitats in its immediate vicinity;or which involves—an activity that includes dredging, raising or taking of any sand, silt, ballast, clay, gravel or other materials from or off the bed or banks of a drainage work (or causing such materials to be dredged, raised or taken), including hydrodynamic dredging or desilting; andany quarrying or excavation within 16 metres of a drainage work which is likely to cause damage to or endanger the stability of the banks or structure of that drainage work.

Submission and approval of plans

104

• (1) Before beginning to construct any specified work, the undertaker must submit to the Agency plans of the specified work and such further particulars available to it as the Agency may within 28 days of the receipt of the plans reasonably request.

• (2) Any such specified work must not be constructed except in accordance with such plans as may be approved in writing by the Agency, or determined under paragraph ‎114.

• (3) Any approval of the Agency required under this paragraph—

• (a) must not be unreasonably withheld or delayed;

• (b) is deemed to have been refused if it is neither given nor refused within 2 months of the submission of the plans or receipt of further particulars if such particulars have been requested by the Agency for approval; and

• (c) may be given subject to such reasonable requirements as the Agency may have for the protection of any drainage work or the fishery or for the protection of water resources, or for the prevention of flooding or pollution or for nature conservation in the discharge of its environmental duties.

• (4) The Agency must use its reasonable endeavours to respond to the submission of any plans before the expiration of the period mentioned in sub-paragraph ‎(3)(b).

• (5) In the case of a refusal, if requested to do so, the Agency must provide reasons for the grounds of that refusal.

Construction of protective works

105

• (1) Without limiting paragraph ‎104, the requirements which the Agency may have under that paragraph include conditions requiring the undertaker, at its own expense, to construct such protective works, whether temporary or permanent, before or during the construction of the specified works (including the provision of flood banks, walls or embankments or other new works and the strengthening, repair or renewal of existing banks, walls or embankments) as are reasonably necessary—

• (a) to safeguard any drainage work against damage; or

• (b) to secure that its efficiency for flood defence purposes is not impaired and that the risk of flooding is not otherwise increased,

by reason of any specified work.

Timing of works and service of notices

106

• (1) Subject to sub-paragraph ‎(2), any specified work, and all protective works required by the Agency under paragraph ‎105, must be constructed—

• (a) without unreasonable delay in accordance with the plans approved under this Part of this Schedule; and

• (b) to the reasonable satisfaction of the Agency,

and the Agency is entitled by its officer to watch and inspect the construction of such works.

• (2) The undertaker must give to the Agency not less than 14 days’ notice in writing of its intention to commence construction of any specified work and notice in writing of its completion not later than 7 days after the date on which it is completed.

• (3) If the Agency reasonably requires, the undertaker must construct all or part of the protective works so that they are in place prior to the construction of any specified work to which the protective works relate.

Works not in accordance with this Part of this Schedule

107

• (1) If any part of a specified work or any protective work required by the Agency is constructed otherwise than in accordance with the requirements of this Part of this Schedule, the Agency may by notice in writing require the undertaker at the undertaker’s own expense to comply with the requirements of this Part of this Schedule or (if the undertaker so elects and the Agency in writing consents, such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed) to remove, alter or pull down the work and, where removal is required, to restore the site to its former condition to such extent and within such limits as the Agency reasonably requires.

• (2) Subject to sub-paragraph ‎(3), if, within a reasonable period, being not less than 28 days beginning with the date when a notice under sub-paragraph ‎(1) is served upon the undertaker, the undertaker has failed to begin taking steps to comply with the requirements of the notice and has not subsequently made reasonably expeditious progress towards their implementation, the Agency may execute the works specified in the notice and any reasonable expenditure incurred by the Agency in so doing is recoverable from the undertaker.

• (3) In the event of any dispute as to whether sub-paragraph ‎(1) is properly applicable to any work in respect of which notice has been served under that sub-paragraph, or as to the reasonableness of any requirement of such a notice, the Agency must not, except in the case of an emergency, exercise the powers conferred by sub-paragraph ‎(2) until the dispute has been finally determined in accordance with sub-paragraph ‎(1).

Maintenance of works

108

• (1) Subject to sub-paragraph ‎(6) the undertaker must from the commencement of the construction of the specified works maintain in good repair and condition and free from obstruction any drainage work which is situated within the Order limits and on Order land, whether or not the drainage work is constructed under the powers conferred by this Order or is already in existence.

• (2) If any such drainage work which the undertaker is liable to maintain is not maintained to the reasonable satisfaction of the Agency, the Agency may by notice in writing require the undertaker to repair and restore the work, or any part of such work, or (if the undertaker so elects and the Agency in writing consents, such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed), to remove the work and restore the site to its former condition, to such extent and within such limits as the Agency reasonably requires.

• (3) Subject to sub-paragraph ‎(5), if, within a reasonable period, being not less than 28 days beginning with the date on which a notice in respect of any drainage work is served under sub-paragraph ‎(2) on the undertaker, the undertaker has failed to begin taking steps to comply with the requirements of the notice and has not subsequently made reasonably expeditious progress towards their implementation, the Agency may do what is necessary for such compliance and any reasonable expenditure incurred by the Agency in doing so is recoverable from the undertaker.

• (4) If there is any failure by the undertaker to obtain consent or comply with conditions imposed by the Agency in accordance with these protective provisions the Agency may serve written notice requiring the undertaker to cease all or part of the specified works and the undertaker must cease the specified works or part thereof until it has obtained the consent or complied with the condition unless the cessation of the specified works or part thereof would cause greater damage than compliance with the written notice.

• (5) In the event of any dispute as to the reasonableness of any requirement of a notice served under sub-paragraph ‎(2), the Agency must not, except in the case of an emergency, exercise the powers conferred by sub-paragraph ‎(3) until the dispute has been finally determined in accordance with paragraph ‎114.

• (6) This paragraph does not apply to—

• (a) drainage works which are vested in the Agency, or which the Agency or another person is liable to maintain and is not proscribed by the powers of the Order from doing so; and

• (b) any obstruction of a drainage work expressly authorised in the approval of specified works plan and carried out in accordance with the provisions of this Part of this Schedule provided that any obstruction is removed as soon as reasonably practicable.

Remediating impaired drainage work

109

If by reason of the construction of any specified work or of the failure of any such work, the efficiency of any drainage work for flood defence purposes is impaired, or that drainage work is otherwise damaged, such impairment or damage must be made good by the undertaker to the reasonable satisfaction of the Agency and if the undertaker fails to do so, the Agency may make good the impairment or damage and recover any expenditure incurred by the Agency in so doing from the undertaker.

Agency access

110

If by reason of construction of the specified work the Agency’s access to flood defences or equipment maintained for flood defence purposes is materially obstructed, the undertaker must provide such alternative means of access that will allow the Agency to maintain the flood defence or use the equipment no less effectively than was possible before the obstruction within 24 hours of or as soon as reasonably practicable after the undertaker becoming aware of such obstruction.

Free passage of fish

111

• (1) The undertaker must take all such measures as may be reasonably practicable to prevent any interruption of the free passage of fish in the fishery during the construction of any specified work.

• (2) If by reason of—

• (a) the construction of any specified work; or

• (b) the failure of any such work,

damage to the fishery is caused, or the Agency has reason to expect that such damage may be caused, the Agency may serve notice on the undertaker requiring it to take such steps as may be reasonably practicable to make good the damage, or, as the case may be, to protect the fishery against such damage.

• (3) If within such time as may be reasonably practicable for that purpose after the receipt of written notice from the Agency of any damage or expected damage to a fishery, the undertaker fails to take such steps as are described in sub-paragraph ‎(2), the Agency may take those steps and any expenditure incurred by the Agency in doing so is recoverable from the undertaker.

• (4) In any case where immediate action by the Agency is reasonably required in order to secure that the risk of damage to the fishery is avoided or reduced, the Agency may take such steps as are reasonable for the purpose, and may recover from the undertaker any expenditure incurred in doing so provided that notice specifying those steps is served on the undertaker as soon as reasonably practicable after the Agency has taken, or commenced to take, the steps specified in the notice.

Indemnity

112

The undertaker indemnifies the Agency in respect of all costs, charges and expenses which the Agency may reasonably incur—

• (a) in the examination or approval of plans under this Part of this Schedule;

• (b) in the inspection of the construction of the specified works or any protective works required by the Agency under this Part of this Schedule; and

• (c) in the carrying out of any surveys or tests by the Agency which are reasonably required in connection with the construction of the specified works.

113

• (1) The undertaker is responsible for and indemnifies the Agency against all costs and losses, liabilities, claims and demands not otherwise provided for in this Schedule which may be reasonably incurred or suffered by the Agency by reason of, or arising out of—

• (a) the construction, operation or maintenance of any specified works comprised within the authorised development or the failure of any such works comprised within them; or

• (b) any act or omission of the undertaker, its employees, contractors or agents or others whilst engaged upon the construction, operation or maintenance of the authorised development or dealing with any failure of the authorised development.

• (2) For the avoidance of doubt, in sub-paragraph ‎(1)—

• “costs” includes—expenses and charges;staff costs and overheads; andlegal costs;

• “losses” includes physical damage;

• “claims” and “demands” include as applicable—costs (within the meaning of this sub-paragraph) incurred in connection with any claim or demand; andany interest element of sums claimed or demanded; and

• “liabilities” includes—contractual liabilities;tortious liabilities (including liabilities for negligence or nuisance);liabilities to pay statutory compensation or for breach of statutory duty; andliabilities to pay statutory penalties imposed on the basis of strict liability (but does not include liabilities to pay other statutory penalties).

• (3) The Agency must give to the undertaker reasonable notice of any such claim or demand and must not settle or compromise a claim without the agreement of the undertaker and that agreement must not be unreasonably withheld or delayed.

• (4) The Agency must, at all times, take reasonable steps to prevent and mitigate any such claims, demands, proceedings, costs, damages, expenses or loss.

• (5) The fact that any work or thing has been executed or done by the undertaker in accordance with a plan approved by the Agency, or to its satisfaction, or in accordance with any directions or award of an arbitrator, must not relieve the undertaker from any liability under the provisions of this Part of this Schedule.

• (6) Nothing in this paragraph imposes any liability on the undertaker with respect to any costs, charges, expenses, damages, claims, demands or losses to the extent that they are attributable to the neglect or default of the Agency, its officers, servants, contractors or agents.

Disputes

114

Any dispute arising between the undertaker and the Agency under this Part of this Schedule must, if the parties agree, be determined by arbitration under article ‎42 (arbitration), but failing agreement be determined by the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs or its successor and the Secretary of State for the department of Energy, Security and Net Zero or its successor acting jointly on a reference to them by the undertaker or the Agency, after notice in writing by one to the other.

PART 10 — FOR THE PROTECTION OF RAILWAY INTERESTS

115

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 ‎129 of this Part of this Schedule any other person on whom rights or obligations are conferred by that paragraph.

116

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 1993⁷⁹;

• “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 2006⁸⁰) 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 licencee 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; and

• “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 ‎5 (power to maintain the authorised development) in respect of such works.

117

• (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.

118

• (1) The undertaker must not exercise the powers conferred by—

• (a) article ‎3 (development consent etc. granted by this Order);

• (b) article ‎5 (power to maintain the authorised development);

• (c) article ‎16 (discharge of water);

• (d) article 18 (authority to survey and investigate the land);

• (e) article 19 (compulsory acquisition of land);

• (f) article ‎22 (compulsory acquisition of rights);

• (g) article ‎23 (private rights);

• (h) article ‎25 (acquisition of subsoil only);

• (i) article ‎26 (power to override easements and other rights);

• (j) article ‎29 (temporary use of land for constructing the authorised development);

• (k) article ‎30 (temporary use of land for maintaining the authorised development);

• (l) article ‎31 statutory undertakers);

• (m) article ‎38 (felling or lopping of trees and removal of hedgerows);

• (n) article ‎39 (trees subject to tree preservation orders);

• (o) the powers conferred by section 11(3) (power 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;

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 ‎31 (statutory undertakers), article ‎26 (power to override easements and other rights) or article ‎23 (private rights), 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 asset protection agreement prior to the carrying out of any specified work.

119

• (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.

120

• (1) Any specified work and any protective works to be constructed by virtue of paragraph ‎119(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 ‎119;

• (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.

121

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.

122

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.

123

• (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 ‎119(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 ‎124(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.

124

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 ‎119(3) or in constructing any protective works under the provisions of paragraph ‎119(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.

125

• (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 ‎119(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 ‎119(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 paragraph ‎(a); and

• (c) Network Rail must allow the undertaker reasonable facilities for the inspection of Network Rail’s apparatus identified pursuant to 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 ‎119(1) has effect subject to the sub-paragraph.

• (6) Prior to the commencement of operation of the authorised development the undertaker shall test the use of the authorised development in a manner that shall first have been agreed with Network Rail and if, notwithstanding any measures adopted pursuant to sub-paragraph ‎(3), the testing of the authorised development causes EMI then the undertaker must 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—

• (a) the undertaker must afford reasonable facilities to Network Rail for access to the undertaker’s apparatus in the investigation of such EMI;

• (b) Network Rail must afford reasonable facilities to the undertaker for access to Network Rail’s apparatus in the investigation of such EMI;

• (c) Network Rail must make available to the undertaker any additional material information in its possession reasonably requested by the undertaker in respect of Network Rail’s apparatus or such EMI; and

• (d) the undertaker shall not allow the use or operation of the authorised development in a manner that has caused or will cause EMI until measures have been taken in accordance with this paragraph to prevent EMI occurring.

• (8) Where Network Rail approves modifications to Network Rail’s apparatus pursuant to sub‑paragraphs ‎(5) or ‎(6)—

• (a) Network Rail must allow the undertaker reasonable facilities for the inspection of the relevant part of Network Rail’s apparatus; and

• (b) any modifications to Network Rail’s apparatus approved pursuant to those sub-paragraphs must be carried out and completed by the undertaker in accordance with paragraph ‎120.

• (9) To the extent that it would not otherwise do so, the indemnity in paragraph ‎129(1) applies 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 ‎119 applies.

• (10) For the purpose of paragraph ‎124(a) any modifications to Network Rail’s apparatus under this paragraph shall be deemed to be protective works referred to in that paragraph.

126

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 any part of the specified work appears to be such as adversely affects the operation of railway property, the undertaker must, 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.

127

The undertaker must 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 has first consulted Network Rail and it must 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.

128

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 must, 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.

129

• (1) The undertaker must pay to Network Rail all reasonable costs, charges, damages and expenses not otherwise provided for in this Part of this Schedule (subject to article ‎41 (no double recovery)) which may be occasioned to or reasonably incurred by Network Rail—

• (a) by reason of the construction, maintenance or operation of a specified work or the failure thereof; or

• (b) by reason of any act or omission of the undertaker or of any person in its employ or of its contractors or others whilst engaged upon a specified work;

• (c) by reason of any act or omission of the undertaker or any person in its employ or of its contractors or others whilst accessing to or egressing from the authorised development;

• (d) in respect of any damage caused to or additional maintenance required to, railway property or any such interference or obstruction or delay to the operation of the railway as a result of access to or egress from the authorised development by the undertaker or any person in its employ or of its contractors or others;

• (e) in respect of costs incurred by Network Rail in complying with any railway operational procedures or obtaining any regulatory consents which procedures are required to be followed or consents obtained to facilitate the carrying out or operation of the authorised development,

and the undertaker must indemnify and keep indemnified 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 the engineer’s 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 sub-paragraph.

• (2) Network Rail must—

• (a) give the undertaker reasonable written notice of any such claims or demands;

• (b) not make any settlement or compromise of such a claim or demand without the prior consent of the undertaker; and

• (c) take such steps as are within its control and are reasonable in the circumstances to mitigate any liabilities relating to such claims or demands.

• (3) The sums payable by the undertaker under sub-paragraph ‎(1) shall if relevant 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 must 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—

• “the relevant costs” means the costs, losses and expenses (including loss of revenue) reasonably incurred by each train operator as a consequence of any specified work including but not limited to any restriction of the use of Network Rail’s railway network as a result of the construction, maintenance or failure of a specified work or any such act or omission as mentioned in sub-paragraph ‎(1); and

• “train operator” means any person who is authorised to act as the operator of a train by a licence under section 8 of the Railways Act 1993.

130

Network Rail must, 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 Part of this Schedule (including the amount of the relevant costs mentioned in paragraph ‎129) 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 Part of this Schedule (including any claim relating to those relevant costs).

131

In the assessment of any sums payable to Network Rail under this Part of this Schedule there must 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 the payment of those sums by the undertaker under this Part of this Schedule or increasing the sums so payable.

132

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—

• (a) any railway property shown on the land plan and described in the book of reference;

• (b) any lands, works or other property held in connection with any such railway property; and

• (c) any rights and obligations (whether or not statutory) of Network Rail relating to any railway property or any lands, works or other property referred to in this paragraph.

133

Nothing in this Order, or in any enactment incorporated with or applied by this Order, prejudices or affects the operation of Part I of the Railways Act 1993.

134

The undertaker must give written notice to Network Rail if any application is proposed to be made by the undertaker for the Secretary of State’s consent, under article ‎35 (consent to transfer the benefit of the Order) of this Order and any such notice must be given no later than 28 days before any such application is made and must describe or give (as appropriate)—

• (a) the nature of the application to be made;

• (b) the extent of the geographical area to which the application relates; and

• (c) the name and address of the person acting for the Secretary of State to whom the application is to be made.

135

The undertaker must no later than 28 days from the date that the plans submitted to and certified by the Secretary of State in accordance with article ‎40 (certification of plans and documents, etc.) are certified by the Secretary of State, provide a set of those plans to Network Rail in a format specified by Network Rail.

136

Any dispute arising under this Part of this Schedule, unless otherwise provided for, must be referred to and settled by arbitration in accordance with article ‎42 (arbitration) and the Rules at Schedule 14 (arbitration rules).

PART 11 — FOR THE PROTECTION OF COTTAM SOLAR PROJECT LIMITED

137

The provisions of this Part apply for the protection of Cottam unless otherwise agreed in writing between the undertaker and Cottam.

138

In this Part—

• “apparatus” means the cables, structures or other infrastructure owned, occupied or maintained by Cottam or its successor in title within the Cottam Work No. 6B Area;

• “construction” includes execution, placing, altering, replacing, reconstruction, relaying, maintenance, extensions, enlargement and removal; and “construct” and “constructed” must be construed accordingly;

• “Cottam” means an undertaker with the benefit of all or part of the Cottam Solar Project Order for the time being;

• “Cottam Work No. 6B Area” means the area for Work No. 6 authorised in the Cottam Solar Project Order;

• “plans” includes sections, drawings, specifications, designs, design data, software, 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 the Cottam Work No. 6B Area;

• “specified works” means so much of any works of operations authorised by this Order (or authorised by any planning permission intended to operate in conjunction with this Order) as is—within the Cottam Work No. 6B Area;in, on, under, over or within 25 metres of the proposed Cottam Work No. 6B Area or any apparatus; ormay in any way adversely affect any apparatus.

139

The consent of Cottam under this Part is not required where the Cottam Solar Project Order has expired without the authorised development having been commenced pursuant to the Cottam Solar Project Order.

140

Where conditions are included in any consent granted by Cottam pursuant to this Part, the undertaker must comply with the conditions if it chooses to implement or rely on the consent, unless the conditions are waived or varied in writing by Cottam.

141

The undertaker must not under the powers of this Order acquire, extinguish, suspend, override or interfere with any rights that Cottam has in respect of any apparatus or has in respect of the Cottam Work No. 6B Area without the consent of Cottam, which must not be unreasonably withheld or delayed but which may be made subject to reasonable conditions.

142

• (1) The undertaker must not under the powers of this Order carry out any specified works without the consent of Cottam, which must not be unreasonably withheld or delayed but which may be made subject to reasonable conditions and if Cottam does not respond within 28 days of the undertaker’s request for consent, then consent is deemed to be given.

• (2) Subject to obtaining consent pursuant to sub-paragraph ‎(1) and before beginning to construct any specified works, the undertaker must submit plans of the specified works to Cottam and must submit any such further particulars available to it that Cottam may reasonably require.

• (3) Any specified works must be constructed without unreasonable delay in accordance with the plans approved in writing by Cottam.

• (4) Any approval of Cottam required under this paragraph may be made subject to such reasonable conditions as may be required for the protection or alteration of any apparatus (including proposed apparatus) in the Cottam Work No. 6B Area or for securing access to such apparatus or the Cottam Work No. 6B Area.

• (5) Where Cottam requires any protective works to be carried out either by themselves or by the undertaker (whether of a temporary or permanent nature) such protective works must be carried out to Cottam’s reasonable satisfaction.

• (6) 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 specified works, new plans instead of the plans previously submitted, and the provisions of this paragraph shall apply to and in respect of the new plans.

143

• (1) The undertaker must give to Cottam not less than 28 days’ written notice of its intention to commence the construction of the specified works and, not more than 14 days after completion of their construction, must give to Cottam written notice of the completion.

• (2) The undertaker is not required to comply with paragraph ‎142 or sub-paragraph ‎(1) in a case of emergency, but in that case it must give to Cottam 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 paragraph ‎137 in so far as is reasonably practicable in the circumstances.

144

The undertaker must at all reasonable times during construction of the specified works allow Cottam and its servants and agents access to the specified works and all reasonable facilities for inspection of the specified works.

145

• (1) After the purpose of any temporary works has been accomplished, the undertaker must with all reasonable dispatch, or after a reasonable period of notice in writing from Cottam requiring the undertaker to do so, remove the temporary works in, on, under, over or within the Cottam Work No. 6B Area.

• (2) If the undertaker fails to remove the temporary works within a reasonable period of receipt of a notice pursuant to sub-paragraph ‎(1), Cottam may remove the temporary works and may recover the reasonable costs of doing so from the undertaker.

146

If in consequence of the exercise of the powers conferred by this Order the access to any apparatus is materially obstructed, the undertaker must provide such alternative means of access to such apparatus as will enable Cottam to maintain or use the apparatus no less effectively than was possible before the obstruction.

147

The undertaker must not exercise the powers conferred by this Order to prevent or interfere with the access by Cottam to the proposed Cottam Work No. 6B Area.

148

To ensure its compliance with this Part, the undertaker must before carrying out any works or operations pursuant to this Order within Cottam Work No. 6B Area request up-to-date written confirmation from Cottam of the location of any apparatus or proposed apparatus.

149

The undertaker and Cottam must each act in good faith and use reasonable endeavours to co-operate with and provide assistance to each other as may be required to give effect to the provisions of this Part.

150

The undertaker must pay to Cottam the reasonable expenses incurred by Cottam in connection with the approval of plans, inspection of any specified works or the alteration or protection of any apparatus or the proposed Cottam Work No. 6B Area.

151

• (1) Subject to sub-paragraphs ‎(2) and ‎(3), if by reason or in consequence of the construction of any specified works, any damage is caused to any apparatus or there is any interruption in any service provided, or in the supply of any goods, by Cottam, or Cottam becomes liable to pay any amount to any third party, the undertaker must—

• (a) bear and pay the cost reasonably incurred by Cottam in making good such damage or restoring the service or supply; and

• (b) compensate Cottam for any other expenses, loss, demands, proceedings, damages, claims, penalty or costs incurred by or recovered from Cottam, by reason or in consequence of any such damage or interruption or Cottam becoming liable to any third party as aforesaid.

• (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 Cottam, its officers, servants, contractors or agents.

• (3) Cottam must give to the undertaker reasonable notice of any such claim or demand and no settlement or compromise shall be made, unless payment is required in connection with a statutory compensation scheme without first consulting the undertaker and considering its representations.

• (4) Cottam must use its reasonable endeavours to mitigate in whole or in part and to minimise any costs, expenses, loss, demands, and penalties to which the indemnity under this paragraph applies. If requested to do so by the undertaker, Cottam shall provide an explanation of how the claim has been minimised. The undertaker shall only be liable under this paragraph for claims reasonably incurred by Cottam.

• (5) The fact that any work or thing has been executed or done with the consent of Cottam and in accordance with any conditions or restrictions prescribed by Cottam or in accordance with any plans approved by Cottam or to its satisfaction or in accordance with any directions or award of any arbitrator does not relieve the undertaker from any liability under this Part.

152

Any dispute arising between the undertaker and Cottam under this Part must be determined by arbitration under article ‎42 (arbitration).

PART 12 — FOR THE PROTECTION OF GATE BURTON ENERGY PARK LIMITED

153

The provisions of this Part apply for the protection of Gate Burton unless otherwise agreed in writing between the undertaker and Gate Burton.

154

In this Part—

• “apparatus” means the cables, structures or other infrastructure owned, occupied or maintained by Gate Burton or its successor in title within the Gate Burton Work No. 4B Area;

• “construction” includes execution, placing, altering, replacing, reconstruction, relaying, maintenance, extensions, enlargement and removal; and “construct” and “constructed” must be construed accordingly;

• “Gate Burton” means an undertaker with the benefit of all or part of the Gate Burton Energy Park Order for the time being;

• “Gate Burton Work No. 4B Area” means the area for Work No. 4B authorised in the Gate Burton Energy Park Order;

• “plans” includes sections, drawings, specifications, designs, design data, software, 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 the Gate Burton Work No. 4B Area; and

• “specified works” means so much of any works of operations authorised by this Order (or authorised by any planning permission intended to operate in conjunction with this Order) as is—within the Gate Burton Work No. 4B Area;in, on, under, over or within 25 metres of the proposed Gate Burton Work No. 4B Area or any apparatus; ormay in any way adversely affect any apparatus.

155

The consent of Gate Burton under this Part is not required where the Gate Burton Energy Park Order has expired without the authorised development having been commenced pursuant to the Gate Burton Energy Park Order.

156

Where conditions are included in any consent granted by Gate Burton pursuant to this Part, the undertaker must comply with the conditions if it chooses to implement or rely on the consent, unless the conditions are waived or varied in writing by Gate Burton.

157

The undertaker must not under the powers of this Order acquire, extinguish, suspend, override or interfere with any rights that Gate Burton has in respect of any apparatus or has in respect of the Gate Burton Work No. 4B Area without the consent of Gate Burton, which must not be unreasonably withheld or delayed but which may be made subject to reasonable conditions.

158

• (1) The undertaker must not under the powers of this Order carry out any specified works without the consent of Gate Burton, which must not be unreasonably withheld or delayed but which may be made subject to reasonable conditions and if Gate Burton does not respond within 28 days of the undertaker’s request for consent, then consent is deemed to be given.

• (2) Subject to obtaining consent pursuant to sub-paragraph ‎(1) and before beginning to construct any specified works, the undertaker must submit plans of the specified works to Gate Burton and must submit any such further particulars available to it that Gate Burton may reasonably require.

• (3) Any specified works must be constructed without unreasonable delay in accordance with the plans approved in writing by Gate Burton.

• (4) Any approval of Gate Burton required under this paragraph may be made subject to such reasonable conditions as may be required for the protection or alteration of any apparatus (including proposed apparatus) in the Gate Burton Work No. 4B Area or for securing access to such apparatus or the Gate Burton Work No. 4B Area.

• (5) Where Gate Burton requires any protective works to be carried out either by themselves or by the undertaker (whether of a temporary or permanent nature) such protective works must be carried out to Gate Burton’s reasonable satisfaction.

• (6) 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 specified works, new plans instead of the plans previously submitted, and the provisions of this paragraph shall apply to and in respect of the new plans.

159

• (1) The undertaker must give to Gate Burton not less than 28 days’ written notice of its intention to commence the construction of the specified works and, not more than 14 days after completion of their construction, must give to Gate Burton written notice of the completion.

• (2) The undertaker is not required to comply with paragraph ‎158 or sub-paragraph ‎(1) in a case of emergency, but in that case it must give to Gate Burton 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 paragraph ‎158 in so far as is reasonably practicable in the circumstances.

160

The undertaker must at all reasonable times during construction of the specified works allow Gate Burton and its servants and agents access to the specified works and all reasonable facilities for inspection of the specified works.

161

• (1) After the purpose of any temporary works has been accomplished, the undertaker must with all reasonable dispatch, or after a reasonable period of notice in writing from Gate Burton requiring the undertaker to do so, remove the temporary works in, on, under, over or within the Gate Burton Work No. 4B Area.

• (2) If the undertaker fails to remove the temporary works within a reasonable period of receipt of a notice pursuant to sub-paragraph ‎(1), Gate Burton may remove the temporary works and may recover the reasonable costs of doing so from the undertaker.

162

If in consequence of the exercise of the powers conferred by this Order the access to any apparatus is materially obstructed, the undertaker must provide such alternative means of access to such apparatus as will enable Gate Burton to maintain or use the apparatus no less effectively than was possible before the obstruction.

163

The undertaker must not exercise the powers conferred by this Order to prevent or interfere with the access by Gate Burton to the proposed Gate Burton Work No. 4B Area.

164

To ensure its compliance with this Part, the undertaker must before carrying out any works or operations pursuant to this Order within Gate Burton Work No. 4B Area request up-to-date written confirmation from Gate Burton of the location of any apparatus or proposed apparatus.

165

The undertaker and Gate Burton must each act in good faith and use reasonable endeavours to co-operate with and provide assistance to each other as may be required to give effect to the provisions of this Part.

166

The undertaker must pay to Gate Burton the reasonable expenses incurred by Gate Burton in connection with the approval of plans, inspection of any specified works or the alteration or protection of any apparatus or the proposed Gate Burton Work No. 4B Area.

167

• (1) Subject to sub-paragraphs ‎(2) and ‎(3), if by reason or in consequence of the construction of any specified works, any damage is caused to any apparatus or there is any interruption in any service provided, or in the supply of any goods, by Gate Burton, or Gate Burton becomes liable to pay any amount to any third party, the undertaker must—

• (a) bear and pay the cost reasonably incurred by Gate Burton in making good such damage or restoring the service or supply; and

• (b) compensate Gate Burton for any other expenses, loss, demands, proceedings, damages, claims, penalty or costs incurred by or recovered from Gate Burton, by reason or in consequence of any such damage or interruption or Gate Burton becoming liable to any third party as aforesaid.

• (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 Gate Burton, its officers, servants, contractors or agents.

• (3) Gate Burton must give to the undertaker reasonable notice of any such claim or demand and no settlement or compromise shall be made, unless payment is required in connection with a statutory compensation scheme without first consulting the undertaker and considering its representations.

• (4) Gate Burton must use its reasonable endeavours to mitigate in whole or in part and to minimise any costs, expenses, loss, demands, and penalties to which the indemnity under this paragraph applies. If requested to do so by the undertaker, Gate Burton shall provide an explanation of how the claim has been minimised. The undertaker shall only be liable under this paragraph for claims reasonably incurred by Gate Burton.

• (5) The fact that any work or thing has been executed or done with the consent of Gate Burton and in accordance with any conditions or restrictions prescribed by Gate Burton or in accordance with any plans approved by Gate Burton or to its satisfaction or in accordance with any directions or award of any arbitrator does not relieve the undertaker from any liability under this Part.

168

Any dispute arising between the undertaker and Gate Burton under this Part must be determined by arbitration under article ‎42 (arbitration).

PART 13 — FOR THE PROTECTION OF THE CANAL & RIVER TRUST

Interpretation

169

• (1) For the protection of the Canal & River Trust the following provisions of this Part of this Schedule have effect, unless otherwise agreed in writing between the undertaker and the Canal & River Trust.

• (2) In this Part of this Schedule—

• “code of practice” means the Code of Practice for Works Affecting the Canal & River Trust (April 2023) or any updates or amendments thereto;

• “construction”, in relation to any specified work or protective work, includes—the execution and placing of that work; andany relaying, renewal or maintenance of that work,and “construct” and “constructed” have corresponding meanings;

• “Canal & River Trust’s network” means the Canal & River Trust’s network of waterways;

• “detriment” means any damage to the waterway or any other property of the Canal & River Trust caused by the presence of the authorised development and, without prejudice to the generality of that meaning, includes—any obstruction of, or interference with, or hindrance or danger to, navigation or to any use of the waterway (including towing paths);the erosion of the bed or banks of the waterway, or the impairment of the stability of any works, lands or premises forming part of the waterway;the deposit of materials or the siltation of the waterway so as to damage the waterway;the pollution of the waterway;any significant alteration in the water level of the waterway, or significant interference with the supply of water thereto, or drainage of water therefrom;any harm to the ecology of the waterway;any interference with the exercise by any person of any lawful rights over Canal & River Trust’s network; andany revocation of, suspension of, or changes to the waste permit or any other enforcement action taken in respect of the waste permit;

• “the engineer” means an engineer appointed by the Canal & River Trust for the purpose in question;

• “plans” includes navigational risk assessments, sections, designs, drawings, specifications, soil reports, calculations, descriptions (including descriptions of methods of construction) and programmes;

• “practical completion” means practical completion of all the specified work notwithstanding that items which would ordinarily be considered snagging items remain outstanding, and the expressions “practically complete” and “practically completed” are to be construed accordingly;

• “protective work” means a work constructed under paragraph ‎173(4)(a) (approval of plans, protective works, etc.);

• “specified work” means so much of the authorised development as is, may be, or takes place in, on, under or over the surface of land below the water level forming part of the waterway; or may affect the waterway or any function of the Canal & River Trust, including any projection over the waterway by any authorised work or any plant or machinery;

• “the waterway” means each and every part of the river Trent within the Order limits and includes any works, lands or premises belonging to the Canal & River Trust, or under its management or control, and held or used by the Canal & River Trust in connection with its statutory functions; and

• “waste permit” means the environmental permit numbered AP3297FZ for a waste operation on the site known as land on the west bank of the river Trent at Marton held by the Trust.

• (3) Where the code of practice applies to any works or matter that are part of the authorised development or that form part of the protective works and there is an inconsistency between these protective provisions and the code of practice, the part of the code of practice that is inconsistent with these protective provisions will not apply and these protective provisions will apply. The undertaker will identify and agree with the Canal & River Trust those parts of the code of practice which are not applicable to the construction of the specified works and for the avoidance of doubt the undertaker will not be required to comply with those agreed parts of the code of practice.

Powers requiring the Canal & River Trust’s consent

170