The Network Rail (Tinsley Chord) Order 2015

• “public communications provider” has the same meaning as in section 151(1) (interpretation of Chapter 1) of the Communications Act 2003⁴⁵; and

• “public utility promoters” has the same meaning as in the Highways Act 1980⁴⁶.

2

Sections 271 to 274⁴⁷ (extinguishment of rights of statutory undertakers etc.) of the 1990 Act apply in relation to any land acquired or appropriated by Network Rail under this Order subject to the following provisions of this Schedule; and all such other provisions of that Act as apply for the purposes of those provisions (including sections 275 to 278, which contain provisions consequential on the extinguishment of any rights under sections 271 and 272, and sections 279(2) to (4), 280 and 282⁴⁸, which provide for the payment of compensation) have effect accordingly.

3

In the provisions of the 1990 Act, as applied by paragraph 2, references to the appropriate Minister are references to the Secretary of State.

4

Where any apparatus of public utility promoters or of a public communications provider is removed in pursuance of a notice or order given or made under section 271, 272 or 273 of the 1990 Act, as applied by paragraph 2, any person who is the owner or occupier of premises to which a supply was given from that apparatus is entitled to recover from the promoter compensation in respect of expenditure reasonably incurred by that person, in consequence of the removal, for the purpose of effecting a connection between the premises and any other apparatus from which a supply is given.

5

Paragraph 4 does not apply in the case of the removal of a public sewer but where such a sewer is removed in pursuance of such a notice or order as is mentioned in that paragraph, any person who is—

• (a) the owner or occupier of premises the drains of which communicated with that sewer; or

• (b) the owner of a private sewer which communicated with that sewer,

is to be entitled to recover from the promoter compensation in respect of expenditure reasonably incurred by that person, in consequence of the removal, for the purpose of making the drain or sewer of that person communicate with any other public sewer or with a private sewerage disposal plant.

SCHEDULE 8 — FOR THE PROTECTION OF THE ENVIRONMENT AGENCY

1

• (1) The following provisions of this Schedule, unless otherwise agreed in writing between the promoter and the Agency, have effect.

• (2) In this Part of this Schedule—

• “the Agency” means the Environment Agency;

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

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

• “the fishery” means the relevant part of the waterway containing fish and the spawn, habitat or food of such fish;

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

• “specified work” means so much of any work or operation authorised by this Order as is in, on, under, over or within 16 metres of a drainage work or 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 watercourse or other surface waters or ground water; cause obstruction to the free passage of fish or damage to any fishery; or affect the conservation, distribution or use of water resources; and

• “waterway” means that part of the River Don within the limits of deviation.

2

• (1) Before beginning to construct any specified work, the promoter 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 submission of the plans reasonably require.

• (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 13.

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

• (a) must not be unreasonably withheld;

• (b) is deemed to have been given if it is neither given nor refused within 2 months of the submission of the plans for approval and, in the case of a refusal, accompanied by a statement of the grounds of refusal; and

• (c) may be given subject to such reasonable requirements as the Agency may make 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 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).

3

Without limitation on the scope of paragraph 2, the requirements which the Agency may make under that paragraph include conditions requiring the promoter at its own expense to construct such protective works, whether temporary or permanent, 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.

4

• (1) Subject to sub-paragraph (2), any specified work, and all protective works required by the Agency under paragraph 3, must be constructed—

• (a) without unreasonable delay in accordance with the plans approved or deemed to have been approved or settled under this Schedule; and

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

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

• (2) The promoter 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 brought into use.

• (3) 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 Schedule, the Agency may by notice in writing require the promoter at the promoter’s own expense to comply with the requirements of this Schedule or (if the promoter 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.

• (4) Subject to sub-paragraph (5) and paragraph 8, if within a reasonable period, being not less than 28 days from the date when a notice under sub-paragraph (3) is served upon the promoter, it has failed to begin taking steps to comply with the requirements of the notice and subsequently to make reasonably expeditious progress towards their implementation, the Agency may execute the works specified in the notice and any expenditure incurred by it in so doing is recoverable from the promoter.

• (5) In the event of any dispute as to whether sub-paragraph (3) 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 a case of emergency, exercise the powers conferred by sub-paragraph (4) until the dispute has been finally determined.

5

• (1) Subject to the provisions of this Schedule and except to the extent that the Agency or another person is liable to maintain any such work and is not precluded by the exercise of the powers conferred by this Order from so doing, the promoter 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 limits of deviation or on land held by the promoter for the purposes of or in connection with the specified works, 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 promoter is liable to maintain is not maintained to the reasonable satisfaction of the Agency, the Agency may by notice in writing require the promoter to repair and restore the work, or any part of such work, or (if the promoter 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 paragraph 8, 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 promoter, the promoter has failed to begin taking steps to comply with the reasonable 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 may recover any expenditure reasonably incurred by it in so doing from the promoter.

• (4) 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 a case of emergency, exercise the powers conferred by sub-paragraph (3) until the dispute has been finally determined.

6

Subject to paragraph 8, 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 promoter to the reasonable satisfaction of the Agency and if the promoter fails to do so, the Agency may make good the impairment or damage and recover from the promoter the expense reasonably incurred by it in doing so.

7

• (1) The promoter 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 promoter 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) Subject to paragraph 8, 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 promoter fails to take such steps as are described in sub-paragraph (2), the Agency may take those steps and may recover from the promoter the expense reasonably incurred by it in doing so.

• (4) Subject to paragraph 8, 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 promoter the reasonable cost of so doing provided that notice specifying those steps is served on the promoter as soon as reasonably practicable after the Agency has taken, or commenced to take, the steps specified in the notice.

8

Nothing in paragraphs 4(4), 5(3), 6, 7(3) and (4) authorises the Agency to execute works on or affecting the authorised works.

9

The promoter must indemnify the Agency in respect of all costs, charges and expenses which the Agency may reasonably incur or have to pay or which it may sustain—

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

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

10

• (1) Without affecting the other provisions of this Part of this Schedule, the promoter must indemnify the Agency in respect of all claims, demands, proceedings, costs, damages, expenses or loss, which may be made or taken against, recovered from, or incurred by, the Agency by reason of—

• (a) any damage to any drainage work so as to impair its efficiency for the purposes of flood defence;

• (b) any damage to the fishery;

• (c) any raising or lowering of the water table in land adjoining the authorised works or any sewers, drains and watercourses;

• (d) any flooding or increased flooding of any such lands; or

• (e) inadequate water quality in any watercourse or other surface waters or in any groundwater,

which is caused by the construction of any of the specified works or any act or omission of the promoter, its contractors, agents or employees whilst engaged upon the work.

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

11

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

12

For the purposes of Chapter 2 (abstraction and impounding of water) of Part 2 of the Water Resources Act 1991⁴⁹, section 109 (as to structures in, over or under watercourses) of that Act and Part 4 (passage of eels) of the Eels (England and Wales) Regulations 2009⁵⁰ as applying to the construction of any specified work, any consent or approval given or deemed to be given by the Agency under this Schedule with respect to such construction is deemed also to constitute a licence under that Chapter to obstruct or impede the flow of inland waters at that point by means of impounding works, to constitute a consent or approval under section 109 and to discharge any liability on the promoter to carry out anything under regulation 14 (eel passes) of the Eels (England and Wales) Regulations 2009, as the case may be.

13

Any dispute arising between the promoter and the Agency under this Schedule, if the parties agree, is to be determined by arbitration under article 43 (arbitration), but otherwise is to be determined by the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs and the Secretary of State for Transport acting jointly on a reference to them by the promoter or the Agency, after notice in writing by one to the other.

SCHEDULE 9 — FOR THE PROTECTION OF ELECTRICITY, GAS, WATER AND SEWERAGE UNDERTAKERS

1

For the protection of the undertakers referred to in this Schedule the following provisions, unless otherwise agreed in writing between the promoter and the undertaker concerned, have effect.

2

The provisions of paragraph 1 of Schedule 7 (provisions relating to statutory undertakers), insofar as they relate to the removal of apparatus, do not apply in relation to apparatus to which this Schedule applies.

3

In this Schedule—

• “alternative apparatus” means alternative apparatus adequate to enable the undertaker in question to fulfil its statutory functions in a manner not less efficient than previously;

• “apparatus” means— in the case of an electricity undertaker, electric lines or electrical plan (as defined in the Electricity Act 1989⁵¹), belonging to or maintained by that undertaker; 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 that undertaker for the purposes of water supply; and in the case of a sewerage undertaker— any drain or works vested in the undertaker under the Water Industry Act 1991; and any sewer which is so vested or is the subject of a notice of intention to adopt given under section 102(4) of that Act or an agreement to adopt made under section 104 of that Act, and includes a sludge main, disposal main (within the meaning of section 219 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; and

• “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 1986⁵²; a water undertaker within the meaning of the Water Industry Act 1991; and a sewerage undertaker within the meaning of Part 1 of the Water Industry Act 1991, for the area of the authorised works, and in relation to any apparatus, means the undertaker to whom it belongs or by whom it is maintained.

4

Regardless of any provision in this Order or anything shown on the works and land plan, the promoter must not acquire any apparatus otherwise than by agreement.

5

• (1) If, in the exercise of the powers conferred by this Order, the promoter acquires any interest in any land in which any apparatus is placed, that apparatus must not be removed under this Schedule and any right of an 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 undertaker in question.

• (2) If, for the purpose of executing any works in, on or under any land purchased, held, appropriated or used under this Order, the promoter requires the removal of any apparatus placed in that land, it must give to the undertaker in question 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 undertaker reasonably needs to remove any of its apparatus) the promoter must, subject to sub-paragraph (3), afford to the undertaker the necessary facilities and rights for the construction of alternative apparatus in other land of the promoter 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 promoter, or the promoter 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 undertaker in question must, on receipt of a written notice to that effect from the promoter, 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 promoter under this Schedule is to be constructed in such manner and in such line or situation as may be agreed between the undertaker in question and the promoter or in default of agreement settled by arbitration in accordance with article 43 (arbitration).

• (5) The undertaker in question must, after the alternative apparatus to be provided or constructed has been agreed or settled by arbitration in accordance with article 43, and after the grant to the 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 promoter to be removed under the provisions of this Schedule.

• (6) Regardless of anything in sub-paragraph (5), if the promoter gives notice in writing to the undertaker in question that it desires itself to execute any work, or part of any work in connection with the construction or removal of apparatus in any land of the promoter, that work, instead of being executed by the undertaker, must be executed by the promoter without unnecessary delay under the superintendence, if given, and to the reasonable satisfaction of the undertaker.

• (7) Nothing in sub-paragraph (6) authorises the promoter 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.

6

• (1) Where, in accordance with the provisions of this Schedule, the promoter affords to an undertaker facilities and rights for the construction and maintenance in land of the promoter of alternative apparatus in substitution for apparatus to be removed, those facilities and rights are to be granted upon such terms and conditions as may be agreed between the promoter and the undertaker in question or in default of agreement settled by arbitration in accordance with article 43 (arbitration).

• (2) In settling those terms and conditions in respect of alternative apparatus to be constructed in or along any tramroad of the promoter, the arbitrator must—

• (a) give effect to all reasonable requirements of the promoter for ensuring the safety and efficient operation of the mentioned tramroad and for securing any subsequent alterations or adaptations of the alternative apparatus which may be required to prevent interference with any proposed works of the promoter or the traffic on the authorised tramroad; and

• (b) so far as it may be reasonable and practicable to do so in the circumstances of the particular case, give effect to the terms and conditions, if any, applicable to the apparatus constructed in or along the authorised tramroad for which the alternative apparatus is to be substituted.

• (3) If the facilities and rights to be afforded by the promoter 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 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 promoter to that undertaker as appears to the arbitrator to be reasonable having regard to all the circumstances of the particular case.

7

• (1) Not less than 28 days before starting the execution of any works of the type referred to in paragraph 5(2) that are near to, or will or may affect, any apparatus the removal of which has not been required by the promoter under paragraph 5(2), the promoter must submit to the undertaker in question a plan, section and description of the works to be executed.

• (2) Those works are to 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 undertaker for the alteration or otherwise for the protection of the apparatus, or for securing access to it, and the undertaker is entitled to watch and inspect the execution of those works.

• (3) Any requirements made by an undertaker under sub-paragraph (2) must be made within a period of 21 days beginning with the date on which a plan, section and description under sub-paragraph (1) are submitted to it.

• (4) If an undertaker in accordance with sub-paragraph (3) and in consequence of the works proposed by the promoter, reasonably requires the removal of any apparatus and gives written notice to the promoter of that requirement, paragraphs 1 to 6 apply as if the removal of the apparatus had been required by the promoter under paragraph 5(2).

• (5) Nothing in this paragraph precludes the promoter 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 promoter is not required to comply with sub-paragraph (1) in a case of emergency but in that case it must give to the 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.

8

• (1) Subject to the following provisions of this paragraph, the promoter must repay to an undertaker the reasonable expenses incurred by the 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 paragraph 5(2).

• (2) The value of any apparatus removed under the provisions of this Schedule is to 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 Schedule—

• (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 promoter or, in default of agreement, is not determined by arbitration in accordance with article 43 (arbitration) to be necessary, then, if such placing involves cost in the construction of works under this Schedule 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 undertaker in question by virtue of sub-paragraph (1) is to 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 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 undertaker in respect of works by virtue of sub-paragraph (1) must, 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 undertaker any financial benefit by deferment of the time for renewal of the apparatus in the ordinary course, be reduced by the amount which represents that benefit.

9

• (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 an undertaker, or there is any interruption in any service provided, or in the supply of any goods, by any undertaker, the promoter must—

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

• (b) make reasonable compensation to that undertaker for any other expenses, loss, damages, penalty or costs incurred by the undertaker,

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

• (2) Nothing in sub-paragraph (1) imposes any liability on the promoter with respect to any damage or interruption to the extent that it is attributable to the act, neglect or default of any undertaker, its officers, servants, contractors or agents.

• (3) An undertaker must give the promoter reasonable notice of any such claim or demand and no settlement or compromise is to be made without the consent of the promoter which, if it withholds such consent, has the sole conduct of any settlement or compromise or of any proceedings necessary to resist the claim or demand.

10

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

Signed

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Transport

Martin Woods — Head of the Transport and Works Act Orders Unit — Department for Transport — 25th November 2015

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

EXPLANATORY NOTE

This Order authorises South Yorkshire Passenger Transport Executive (“the Executive”) and Network Rail Infrastructure Limited acting either together or individually (referred to in this Order as (“the promoter”) to construct and operate the Tinsley Chord. The Tinsley Chord is a tramroad which will connect the Supertram and Network Rail systems and will be used by tram-trains.

For these purposes the Order confers powers on Network Rail, compulsorily or by agreement, to acquire land and rights in land and to use land.

The Order contains protective provisions for the benefit of the Environment Agency and undertakers affected by the works authorised by the Order.

A copy of the book of reference, the sections and the works and land plan mentioned in this Order and certified in accordance with article 40 (certification of plans etc.) of this Order may be inspected free of charge during working hours at the offices of the Executive at 11 Broad Street West, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, S1 2BQ and at the offices of Network Rail Infrastructure Limited at 1 Eversholt Street, London, NW1 2DN.

Footnotes

Editorial notes