Article 34 Statutory undertakersI1

England, Wales and Scotland

(1)

Subject to the provisions of Schedule 11 (protective provisions), article 26 (compulsory acquisition of rights and restrictive covenants) and paragraph (2), the undertaker may—

(a)

acquire compulsorily, or acquire new rights or impose restrictive covenants over any Order land belonging to statutory undertakers; and

(b)

extinguish the rights of, or remove or reposition apparatus belonging to, statutory undertakers over or within the Order land.

(2)

Paragraph (1)(b) has no effect in relation to apparatus in respect of which the following provisions apply—

(a)

Part 3 of the 1991 Act; and

(b)

article 35 (apparatus and rights of statutory undertakers in stopped up streets) of this Order.

Annotations

Commencement

I1: Art. 34 in force at 9.2.2021, see art. 1

Notes on the whole SI

Textual amendments

F1: Words in Preamble inserted (1.5.2021) by The A1 Birtley to Coal House Development Consent (Correction) Order 2021 (S.I. 2021/551), art. 1, Sch.
F2: Words in Preamble omitted (1.5.2021) by virtue of The A1 Birtley to Coal House Development Consent (Correction) Order 2021 (S.I. 2021/551), art. 1, Sch.