The Network Rail (Felixstowe Branch Line Land Acquisition) (Agreements for Transfer) Order 2017
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2017 No. 865
Transport And Works, England
Transport, England
The Network Rail (Felixstowe Branch Line Land Acquisition) (Agreements for Transfer) Order 2017
Made 31th August 2017
Coming into force 21th September 2017
An application has been made to the Secretary of State in accordance with the Transport and Works (Applications and Objections Procedure) (England and Wales) Rules 20061for an Order under sections 1 and 5 of the Transport and Works Act 19922(“the 1992 Act”).
The Secretary of State has determined to make an Order giving effect to the proposals comprised in the application with modifications which in the opinion of the Secretary of State do not make any substantial change in the proposals.
Notice of the Secretary of State’s determination was published in the London Gazette on 25th August 2017.
The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 1 and 5 of, and paragraph 15 of Schedule 1 to, the 1992 Act makes the following Order—
Citation and commencement
1. This Order may be cited as the Network Rail (Felixstowe Branch Line Land Acquisition) (Agreements for Transfer) Order 2017 and comes into force on 21st September 2017.
Interpretation
2. In this Order—
“the 2008 Order” means the Felixstowe Branch Line and Ipswich Yard Improvement Order 20083;
“the 2014 Order” means the Felixstowe Branch Line (Land Acquisition) Order 20144;
“Network Rail” means Network Rail Infrastructure Limited (Company registration number 02904587) whose registered office is at 1 Eversholt Street, London NW1 2DN; and
“the undertaker” means the Felixstowe Dock and Railway Company being a company limited by shares and incorporated by the Felixstowe Railway and Pier Act 18755whose registered number is 02590042, and whose registered office is at Tomline House, The Dock, Felixstowe, Suffolk, IP11 3SY.
Agreements between the undertaker and Network Rail
3.—(1) In addition to the power to enter into agreements conferred under article 39 (agreements with Network Rail) of the 2008 Order, the undertaker and Network Rail may enter into and carry into effect agreements for the exercise by Network Rail, or by Network Rail and the undertaker jointly, of all or any of the powers under the 2014 Order.
(2) Any agreement made under the powers conferred by this article may contain such incidental, consequential or supplementary...
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