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Conwy Tunnel (Supplementary Powers) Act 1983

Consolidated Text As Enacted Cited authorities 18 Cited in Amendments 127 Related
Vincent
JurisdictionUK Non-devolved
Citation1983 c. 7
(1) The powers conferred on the Secretary of State by this Act are by way of supplement to those already available to the Secretary of State under the the construction of the tunnel (including works for constructing the tunnel units under section 4 of this Act and works for providing access to the tunnel on either side of the Estuary) ;the construction of fabrication facilities for constructing those units under that section;the diversion of the waters of the Estuary from any land in accordance with the Scheme; andthe construction of the jetty mentioned in section 5 of this Act;
  • “the Scheme” means the Scheme mentioned in subsection (1) above; and
  • “the tunnel” means the tunnel that the Secretary of State is authorised by the Scheme to construct (which is a tunnel of the immersed tube type) .
(3) References in this Act to the principal works are references to the principal construction works or any of them and any works for the maintenance, improvement or repair of, or other dealing with, the tunnel that are or may be authorised under the 1980 Act (whether by virtue of any provision of Part IV or V of that Act or by virtue of any order made under section 18(1) (f) of that Act) .(4) Nothing in this Act shall be read as prejudicing the powers of the Secretary of State under the 1980 Act to acquire land or construct or carry out works for or in connection with the construction, maintenance or improvement of the tunnel.(1) The Secretary of State is authorised by this section to acquire compulsorily so much of the land shown on the deposited plan within the limits of land to be acquired as may be required for or in connection with the principal works.(2) Part I of the (3) A notice to treat under that Part for the purpose of acquiring any land under this section shall not be served after 31st December 1986 or such later date as may for the time being be authorised by an order made by the Secretary of State; and an order under this subsection shall be subject to special parliamentary procedure.(4) The (5) Schedule 1 to this Act (which contains supplementary provisions relating to the acquisition of land for or in connection with the principal works) shall have effect.(1) The Secretary of State may acquire compulsorily land required for or in connection with the principal works, not being land which may be acquired under section 2 of this Act.(2) A compulsory purchase order made in pursuance of this section may provide for the acquisition of rights over land by creating them as well as for the acquisition of rights already in existence.(3) References in this section and Schedule 1 to this Act to rights over land include references to the right to do, or to place and maintain, anything in, on or under land or in the airspace above its surface.(4) For the purpose of the acquisition by the Secretary of State of land required for or in connection with the principal works by agreement, Part I of the (5) The (1) The Secretary of State may construct the tunnel units on land acquired under section 2 of this Act or other Crown land shown on the deposited plan within the limits of land to be acquired.(2) This section is not to be taken as prejudicing the Secretary of State’s power to use, in constructing the tunnel, tunnel units constructed by himself or another on land other than land mentioned in subsection (1) above.(1) The Secretary of State may construct a jetty in the situation and in accordance with the levels shown on the deposited plan and the deposited section.(2) In constructing the jetty, the Secretary of State may deviate laterally from the situation shown on the deposited plan to the extent of the limits of deviation so shown, and may deviate vertically from the levels shown on the deposited section to the extent of two metres upwards and to any extent downwards.(1) Schedule 2 to this Act has effect for authorising certain works to be constructed or carried out in connection with the principal works, and for conferring on the Secretary of State certain

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