SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 15PROTECTIVE PROVISIONS

PART 9FOR THE PROTECTION OF CAMBRIDGE WATER

125.  In this Part of this Schedule—

“alternative apparatus” means alternative apparatus adequate to enable Cambridge Water to fulfil its statutory functions in no less efficient a manner than previously;

“apparatus” means any works, mains, pipes or other apparatus belonging to or maintained by Cambridge Water for the purposes of water supply and any drain or works vested in Cambridge Water under the Water Industry Act 1991 and any sewer which is so vested in Cambridge Water or is the subject of a notice of intention to adopt by Cambridge Water given under section 102(4)(1) (adoption of sewers and disposal works) of that Act or an agreement to adopt by Cambridge Water made under section 104(2) (agreements to adopt sewer, drain or sewage disposal works, at future date) of that Act, and includes a sludge main, disposal main (within the meaning of section 219(3) (general interpretation) of that Act) or sewer outfall and any manholes, ventilating shafts, pumps or other accessories forming part of any such sewer, drain or works, and any structure in which apparatus is or is to be lodged or which gives or will give access to apparatus;

“Cambridge Water” means Cambridge Water PLC (Company Registration Number 03175861) whose registered office is situated at 90 Fulbourn Road, Cherry Hinton, Cambridge, CB1 9JN and includes its successors in title or any successor in functions as a water undertaker within the meaning of the Water Industry Act 1991;

“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;

“plan” includes sections, drawings, specifications and method statements; and

“standard protection strips” means the strips of land falling the following distances to either side of the medial line of any relevant pipe or apparatus: 2.25 metres where the diameter of the pipe is less than 150 millimetres, 3.5 metres where the diameter of the pipe is between 150 and 450 millimetres, 5 metres where the diameter of the pipe is between 450 and 750 millimetres and 6 metres where the diameter of the pipe exceeds 750 millimetres.