(1) The nominated undertaker may for the purposes of this...
- Give 7 days' notice before entering land or placing apparatus Statutory Undertaker
UK Act of Parliament
2017
United Kingdom
High Speed Rail (London – West Midlands) Act 2017
At a glance
Enforced by
What's here
31 compliance obligations
Who this Act binds
Business-side actors with duties under this Act, ranked by how often they appear.
- Statutory Undertaker 19
- Any Person 1
- Employer 1
Plus 10 non-business duties on Crown ministers, regulators, local authorities or tribunals — shown collapsed under each section below.
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For each actor bound by this Act, the other UK Acts that bind them most often. Useful for understanding the full compliance landscape facing each role.
Statutory Undertakers also bound by 169 other Acts (top 5 shown)
- The Cory Decarbonisation Project Order 2025 2025 116 duties
- The Keadby 3 (Carbon Capture Equipped Gas Fired Generating Station) Order 2022 2022 112 duties
- Water Industry Act 1991 1991 52 duties
- Water and Sewerage Services (Northern Ireland) Order 2006 2006 44 duties
- The A47 North Tuddenham to Easton Development Consent Order 2022 2022 28 duties
Any Person also bound by 2338 other Acts (top 5 shown)
- Human Medicines Regulations 2012 2012 169 duties
- Merchant Shipping Act 1995 1995 144 duties
- Insolvency (England and Wales) Rules 2016 2016 101 duties
- Road Traffic Act 1988 1988 95 duties
- Air Navigation Order 2016 2016 95 duties
Employers also bound by 694 other Acts (top 5 shown)
- The Income Tax (Pay As You Earn) Regulations 2003 2003 236 duties
- Provision and Use of Work Equipment Regulations 1998 1998 120 duties
- TULRCA 1992 1992 72 duties
- Employment Rights (Northern Ireland) Order 1996 (current NI employment law) 1996 52 duties
- Income Tax (Earnings and Pensions) Act 2003 2003 50 duties
What this Act requires
Sections that create concrete duties on businesses or carry penalties. Procedural and definitional sections are folded into the “Browse other sections” expander at the bottom of each group. Click any section title to read the source text on legislation.gov.uk.
Schedules
(1) The nominated undertaker may use any watercourse or any...
- Obtain consent before discharging water into public sewers and comply with drainage conditions Statutory Undertaker
(1) Sub-paragraph (2) applies where under this Act the nominated...
- Maintain new or altered highways for 12 months after completion Statutory Undertaker
(1) The nominated undertaker may, for the purposes of or...
- Obtain ministerial approval to close public paths for HS2 works Statutory Undertaker
(1) For the purposes of the works authorised by this...
- Provide reasonable pedestrian access to premises affected by highway works Statutory Undertaker
(1) This paragraph applies where— (a) the Secretary of State...
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
- Notify commons registration authority when acquiring common land or village greens for HS2 Crown / Minister / Government department
(1) Not less than 28 days before entering upon and...
- Give 28 days' notice, limit possession to one year, and pay compensation when taking temporary possession of land Statutory Undertaker
(1) Before giving up possession of land of which possession...
- Restore land to agreed condition before giving up possession Statutory Undertaker
(1) Not less than 28 days before entering upon and...
- Give notice, restore land and pay compensation when entering land for HS2 works Statutory Undertaker
(1) This paragraph applies where a planning authority considers that...
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
- Planning authority must consult statutory bodies on environmental/heritage matters within 5 days Local authority
(1) Any person duly authorised in writing by the Historic...
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
- Authorised inspectors must comply with health and safety directions when entering land Statutory regulator
(1) The nominated undertaker must not carry out decontrolled works...
- Notify the Commission before demolishing a listed building in decontrolled works Statutory Undertaker
(1) Following the giving of a notice under paragraph 7(1)...
- Allow authorised inspectors to enter and record listed buildings during the inspection period Any Person
(1) Any person duly authorised in writing by the Commission...
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
- Authorised inspectors must obey your safety directions and avoid unsafe areas Statutory regulator
(1) The Secretary of State must prepare a statement setting...
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
- Secretary of State must prepare a statement on traffic regulation orders and Schedule 25 powers Crown / Minister / Government department
(1) An authorised person may remove a vehicle, or arrange...
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
- Authorised persons may remove vehicles obstructing HS2 works Crown / Minister / Government department
(1) This paragraph applies where a difference is referred under...
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
- Notify Secretary of State of arbitration referrals without delay Crown / Minister / Government department
The nominated undertaker must not remove any soil or material...
- Do not remove soil or material from any highway except from authorised excavations Statutory Undertaker
The nominated undertaker must not, except with the consent of...
- Do not obstruct or endanger public highways without highway authority consent Statutory Undertaker
The fact that any act or thing may have been...
- Highway approval does not shield nomination holder from liability Statutory Undertaker
(1) The following provisions of this paragraph have effect in...
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
- Protect utility apparatus on HS2 land until alternative is ready Crown / Minister / Government department
Wherever in this Part provision is made with respect to...
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
- Highway authority must give written approval and not unreasonably withhold it Local authority
(1) Not less than 28 days before commencing to construct...
- Submit work plans to undertakers 28 days before constructing near apparatus Statutory Undertaker
The Secretary of State must not under the powers under...
- Secretary of State must not take more Canal & River Trust land than needed for HS2 Employer
(1) Before beginning to construct any specified work, the nominated...
- Submit construction plans to Canal & River Trust and get approval before starting work Statutory Undertaker
(1) The nominated undertaker must not deposit any polluting material...
- Do not deposit polluting material in canals without Canal & River Trust consent Statutory Undertaker
(1) Before beginning to construct any specified work, the nominated...
- Submit drainage work plans for approval before construction Statutory Undertaker
(1) Any specified work, and all protective works required by...
- Construct drainage works to authority's satisfaction with notice Statutory Undertaker
(1) The nominated undertaker must take all such measures as...
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
- Nominated undertaker must prevent fish passage disruption and repair fishery damage Crown / Minister / Government department
(1) The provisions of this paragraph have effect in relation...
- Submit bridge construction plans for highway authority approval Statutory Undertaker
(1) The nominated undertaker must not alter, disturb or in...
- Do not interfere with highway authority property without consent Statutory Undertaker
Browse 262 other Schedules — structural / supplementary
(1) The scheduled works must be constructed—
(1) The nominated undertaker may, in installing any electronic communications...
(1) The nominated undertaker may construct Work No 2/39 so...
(1) This paragraph applies where the nominated undertaker has a...
(1) This paragraph applies where the nominated undertaker proposes to...
(1) Where the nominated undertaker exercises any power under paragraphs...
(1) The nominated undertaker may support or strengthen a building...
(1) The nominated undertaker may, at any time within the...
(1) The nominated undertaker may, for a purpose mentioned in...
(1) Paragraphs 2 to 4 apply in relation to—
(1) This paragraph has effect for the purposes of paragraphs...
(1) This paragraph applies where— (a) a tree overhangs land...
(1) The powers under this paragraph are exercisable in relation...
(1) The nominated undertaker may, for Phase One purposes—
(1) Where under this Act the nominated undertaker—
(1) Sub-paragraph (2) applies where under this Act the nominated...
(1) Where under this Act the nominated undertaker is authorised...
(1) This paragraph applies in relation to a work authorised...
Where the nominated undertaker is responsible for maintaining a bridge...
Section 58(1) and (2) of the Highways Act 1980 (special...
Notwithstanding anything in section 46 of the Railways Clauses Consolidation...
Each of sections 116 and 117 of the Transport Act...
(1) The nominated undertaker may, for the purposes of or...
(1) On a highway or part of a highway being...
(1) The powers under section 2(1), (3) and (5) may...
(1) The nominated undertaker may, for the purposes of the...
(1) Works executed under this Act in relation to a...
Any highway or part of a highway which is stopped...
The purposes for which land specified in the following table...
The Land Clauses Consolidation Act 1845 does not apply to...
(1) In its application by virtue of section 4(3), the...
In its application by virtue of section 4(4), the Compulsory...
(1) Section 4 of the Acquisition of Land Act 1981...
Part 1 of the Compulsory Purchase Act 1965 (referred to...
(1) The modifications referred to in paragraph 1(a) are as...
(1) The Compulsory Purchase (Vesting Declarations) Act 1981 (“"the 1981...
(1) The modifications referred to in paragraph 3(1)(a) are as...
Acquisition of part of land only
Acquisition of part of land only
Acquisition of part of land only
In the case of land specified in the following table,...
(1) In the case of land specified in the following...
(1) Paragraphs 1 and 2 are subject to any power...
(1) If the Secretary of State makes an order under...
(1) Sub-paragraph (2) applies if a person with a qualifying...
(1) Where a person gives the Secretary of State a...
(1) References in this Schedule to the ““applicable compulsory acquisition...
Omit section 6.
Omit Schedule 10.
In section 7(2) (acquisition of airspace), for paragraphs (a) and...
In section 8(2) (acquisition of subsoil or under-surface), for paragraphs...
In section 49 (compulsory acquisition of land for relocation)—
(1) Paragraph 2 of Schedule 6 (acquisition of land: application...
For paragraph 3 of Schedule 6 (acquisition of rights in...
This is the section referred to in paragraph 3(a) of...
(1) Paragraph 2 of Schedule 9 (acquisition of rights in...
In paragraph 4 of Schedule 9 (acquisition of rights in...
This Schedule applies to— (a) land within the Act limits...
(1) All private rights over land within paragraph 1(a) are...
(1) The Secretary of State may, in relation to a...
(1) Any person who suffers loss by the extinction of...
(1) All general rights over land within paragraph 1(a) are...
(1) The Secretary of State may, in relation to a...
(1) References in this Schedule to ““the appropriate time”” are...
In this Schedule— (a) references to section 11(1) of the...
(1) The nominated undertaker may enter upon and take possession...
(1) All general rights over land of which the nominated...
(1) Section 13 of the Compulsory Purchase Act 1965 (refusal...
(1) Paragraph 1(2) does not apply in relation to—
(1) Where under paragraph 1(1) or (2) the nominated undertaker...
(1) The Secretary of State may make regulations modifying the...
(1) At any time during the maintenance period relating to...
(1) All private rights over land of which the nominated...
The requirements in paragraphs 2 to 12 are conditions of...
Where the relevant planning authority approves a scheme for the...
Where development consists of or includes the carrying out on...
(1) The nominated undertaker must, after discontinuation of the use...
(1) As soon after the day on which this Act...
(1) An order under paragraph 13 may contain such transitional...
A planning authority may only grant approval under Part 1...
(1) A planning authority need not consider a request for...
(1) The appropriate Ministers may by regulations make provision about...
(1) The appropriate Ministers may by directions restrict a planning...
(1) To the extent that development consists of building works,...
(1) The appropriate Ministers may by directions require a planning...
(1) A planning authority may at the request of the...
(1) Where the nominated undertaker is aggrieved by a decision...
(1) Unless the appropriate Ministers direct otherwise, their functions in...
The decision of the person appointed under paragraph 23, or,...
(1) An appeal under paragraph 22 is to be dealt...
(1) The Secretary of State may give guidance to planning...
(1) This paragraph applies where— (a) the relevant planning authority...
The Secretary of State may make regulations modifying the operation...
(1) Regulations under this Schedule may make different provision for...
(1) If the relevant planning authority is a qualifying authority,...
In this Schedule— “"appropriate Ministers”” means the Secretary of State...
(1) If the relevant planning authority is a qualifying authority,...
(1) The Secretary of State may for the purposes of...
(1) If the relevant planning authority is a qualifying authority,...
(1) If the relevant planning authority is a qualifying authority,...
(1) If the relevant planning authority is a qualifying authority,...
(1) If the relevant planning authority is a qualifying authority,...
(1) This paragraph applies to— (a) a listed building which—...
(1) This paragraph applies to a listed building which—
Section 59 of the Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas Act...
(1) The Secretary of State may by order make any...
The provisions of any agreement under section 26A of the...
(1) In this Schedule— “"building”” and “"listed building”” have the...
(1) This paragraph has effect in relation to the Ancient...
(1) The power of entry under section 36(1) of the...
(1) The Secretary of State may by order make any...
In this Schedule, references to ““the Commission”” are to the...
(1) Before removing from the land in question any remains...
The Secretary of State may give such directions as the...
(1) In this Schedule, references to a relative of the...
(1) In the case of remains in relation to which...
(1) In the case of remains in relation to which...
(1) In the case of remains in relation to which...
(1) In the case of remains in relation to which...
(1) Where a licence to remove any remains is issued...
(1) Where any remains are removed under a licence under...
(1) Where any remains in relation to which paragraph 1(1)...
(1) Where the nominated undertaker removes remains in relation to...
The restriction imposed by section 24(1) of WRA 1991 (restriction...
Section 25 of WRA 1991 (restrictions on impounding) does not...
(1) Section 48A(1) of WRA 1991 (duty not to cause...
(1) Regulation 12(1)(a) of the Environmental Permitting Regulations (environmental permit...
Paragraph 5 of Schedule 1 to FWMA 2010 (consent required...
Paragraph 7 of Schedule 3 to FWMA 2010 (approval required...
Section 106(8) of the Water Industry Act 1991 (which qualifies...
Part 4 of the Eels (England and Wales) Regulations 2009...
In this Schedule— “"abstraction”” has the same meaning as in...
(1) Nothing in— (a) Part 1 of the 1984 Act...
In section 61 of the 1984 Act—
Where works described in section 62(1)(a), (b) or (c) of...
(1) This paragraph applies where— (a) the nominated undertaker is...
(1) Section 74(1) of the 1984 Act (which requires local...
In this Schedule— “"the 1984 Act”” means the Building Act...
In this Schedule, “"the 1996 Act”” means the Party Wall...
No notice under section 1(2) or (5) of the 1996...
Sections 1(6) and 2 of the 1996 Act (rights of...
No party structure notice under section 3 of the 1996...
Section 6 of the 1996 Act (underpinning of adjoining buildings)...
(1) Where— (a) a building owner (within the meaning of...
(1) This paragraph applies where a dispute arises or is...
(1) Where, by virtue of paragraph 6, work to which...
(1) The following enactments (which control obstructions of the highway...
(1) The powers conferred by section 56(1) and (1A) of...
(1) Nothing in Part 3 of the Traffic Management Act...
(1) This paragraph applies where— (a) the traffic authority for...
(1) This paragraph applies to an order under paragraph 8...
(1) The Secretary of State may give a direction to...
(1) The Secretary of State must consult a traffic authority—...
In this Schedule— “"road”” has the same meaning as in...
(1) The Secretary of State may by notice designate—
(1) Paragraph 1(2) ceases to apply in relation to a...
(1) The Secretary of State may give a direction to...
(1) This paragraph applies where, in pursuance of a direction...
(1) This paragraph applies where, in pursuance of a direction...
(1) The Secretary of State may direct a traffic authority...
(1) Where a traffic authority fails to comply with a...
(1) The Secretary of State may by order made by...
(1) In this Schedule “"lorry ban order”” means—
(1) If a lorry ban order referred to in paragraph...
(1) This paragraph applies where a person proposes to undertake...
(1) An authority responsible for dealing with permits under a...
(1) This paragraph applies where an application for the issue...
(1) In this Schedule— “"approved arrangements”” means arrangements approved for...
(1) In the Control of Pollution Act 1974, sections 60...
In proceedings for an offence under section 80(4) of the...
(1) Where proceedings are brought under section 82(1) of the...
The following provisions of the Control of Pollution Act 1974—...
(1) Nothing in section 3 of the London Squares Preservation...
Nothing in the London Overground Wires &c. Act 1933, or...
(1) The following provisions of the London Building Acts (Amendment)...
(1) Section 11 of the West Midlands County Council Act...
(1) Section 7 of the Staffordshire Act 1983 (plans for...
(1) Section 5(2)(a) of the Oxfordshire Act 1985 (grass verges...
The following provisions of the Greater London Council (General Powers)...
The Highway (Railway Crossings) Act 1839 does not apply to...
(1) In its application to Phase One of High Speed...
Section 9 of the Railway Regulation Act 1842 does not...
(1) The following provisions only of the Railways Clauses Consolidation...
(1) Sections 4 and 12 of the Railways Clauses Act...
In its application to Phase One of High Speed 2,...
(1) Section 55 of the British Transport Commission Act 1949...
(1) Clause 12 of the 1987 North Pole Depot undertaking...
(1) The Secretary of State may, on request or otherwise,...
(1) The property, rights and liabilities that may be the...
(1) Where a person would (apart from this paragraph) have...
(1) A transfer scheme may contain provision for imposing, on...
(1) A transfer scheme may include consequential, supplementary, incidental, and...
(1) At the time appointed for the purpose by a...
(1) Where the transferor, and the transferee or transferees, under...
(1) Where the Secretary of State proposes to make a...
The Secretary of State may by agreement fetter the exercise...
(1) The Treasury may by regulations make provision for varying...
(1) In this Schedule— ““enactment””, except in paragraph 17, includes...
The power under section 46 to make a scheme for...
(1) This paragraph applies where rights, powers, duties and liabilities...
(1) This paragraph applies where— (a) a transfer scheme provides...
(1) If a transfer scheme provides for the transfer of...
Where a person holds employment in the civil service of...
(1) A transfer scheme may provide for a transfer to...
(1) This paragraph applies where a transfer scheme provides for...
(1) A transfer scheme may modify interests, rights or liabilities...
(1) Article 3(10) of the General Permitted Development Order (which...
(1) Planning permission granted by virtue of paragraph 1 is...
(1) Where— (a) it appears to the Secretary of State...
(1) Where it appears to the Secretary of State that—...
(1) A notice under this Schedule must—
(1) The Secretary of State may make regulations modifying the...
(1) The following provisions of this Part have effect, unless...
(1) If the highway authority, after giving to the nominated...
The nominated undertaker must, if reasonably so required by the...
(1) Where any part of any highway has been broken...
(1) This paragraph applies where damage to any highway or...
(1) Any dispute arising between the nominated undertaker and the...
(1) The following provisions of this Part have effect, unless...
(1) This paragraph applies where— (a) the nominated undertaker for...
(1) Any alternative apparatus to be constructed by the undertakers...
(1) This paragraph applies where— (a) the manner of construction...
(1) This paragraph applies where the nominated undertaker gives notice...
(1) This paragraph applies where, in accordance with the provisions...
(1) If in consequence of the exercise of the powers...
Where, in consequence of this Act, any part of any...
(1) Subject to the following provisions of this paragraph, the...
(1) This paragraph applies where, by reason of the construction...
In exercising the powers conferred by this Act in relation...
In any case where Network Rail Infrastructure Limited (“Network Rail“)...
(1) Any dispute arising between the nominated undertaker and the...
(1) The following provisions of this Part have effect, unless...
(1) Subject to sub-paragraph (2), Part 10 of the electronic...
The temporary stopping up or diversion of any highway under...
(1) Where a highway is stopped up under paragraph 2...
(1) Where the nominated undertaker or the Secretary of State...
(1) Sub-paragraph (2) applies where, by reason of the construction...
In any case where Network Rail Infrastructure Limited (“Network Rail“)...
(1) Any dispute arising between the nominated undertaker and an...
(1) This paragraph applies to the construction of any tunnel,...
(1) The following provisions of this Part have effect, unless...
(1) Any specified work, and any protective works required by...
In its application to the discharge of water into the...
(1) If as a result of the construction of any...
(1) If any canal work is abandoned, Canal & River...
(1) The nominated undertaker must indemnify Canal & River Trust...
(1) Nothing in paragraph 48 is to impose any liability...
In the construction of any part of the works to...
(1) Any dispute arising between the nominated undertaker and Canal...
(1) The following provisions of this Part have effect, unless...
The requirements which the drainage authority may make under paragraph...
(1) Subject to sub-paragraph (5) the nominated undertaker must from...
(1) If by reason of the construction of any specified...
(1) The nominated undertaker must indemnify the drainage authority from...
Nothing in paragraph 58 requires the nominated undertaker to indemnify...
The fact that any work or thing has been executed...
Any dispute arising between the nominated undertaker and the drainage...
The nominated undertaker must— (a) secure that so much of...
(1) Any officer of the highway authority duly appointed for...
TABLE 1: buildings authorised to be demolished, altered or extended...
London Borough of Camden, City of Westminster, London Borough of...
TABLE 1 (1) (2) Area Highway or part to be...
Browse 70 other sections — procedural / definitional / commencement
Power to construct and maintain works for Phase One of High Speed 2
Further provision about works
Highways
Power to acquire land compulsorily
Acquisition of rights in land
Acquisition of part of land
Acquisition of airspace
Acquisition of subsoil or under-surface
Highway subsoil
Termination of power to acquire land
Amendments consequential on the Housing and Planning Act 2016
Extinction of rights over land
Extinction of rights of statutory undertakers
Exclusion of new rights of way
Temporary possession and use of land
Use of roads
Cranes
Enforcement of restrictions on land use
Compensation for injurious affection
Deemed planning permission
Time limit on deemed planning permission
Power to disapply deemed planning permission
Parking at Birmingham Interchange: limit on deemed planning permission
Development consent
Listed buildings
Ancient monuments
Burial grounds
Consecrated land
Commons and open spaces
Trees
Overhead lines
Water
Buildings
Street works
Traffic
Lorries
Noise
Local Acts
Objectives of Office of Rail and Road
Disapplication of licensing requirement in pre-operational phase
Disapplication of statutory closure provisions
Other railway legislation
Co-operation
Transfer of functions relating to works
Nominated undertaker
Transfer schemes
Extension of planning permission for statutory undertakers
Protective provisions
Compulsory acquisition of land for relocation
Power to carry out reinstatement works
Enforcement of environmental covenants
Works in Scotland for Phase One purposes
Power to apply Act to further high speed rail works
Rights of entry for further high speed rail works
Exercise of rights of entry
Grants for affected communities and businesses etc
Application of powers to Crown land
Highways for which Secretary of State is highway authority
Crown Estate
Royal parks
““Deposited plans”” and ““deposited sections””
Correction of deposited plans
Environmental Impact Assessment Regulations
Arbitration
Notices and other documents
Vocational qualifications
““Phase One purposes””
Interpretation
Financial provision
Commencement and short title
Enforcement and responsible bodies
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