Article 29 Statutory undertakersI1

England, Wales and Scotland

(1)

Subject to the provisions of Schedule 8 (protective provisions) and paragraph (2), the undertaker may—

(a)

acquire compulsorily, or acquire new rights over, the land belonging to statutory undertakers shown on the land plans within the limits of the land to be acquired or used permanently or temporarily and described in the book of reference;

(b)

extinguish the rights of, remove or reposition the 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 (street works in England and Wales) of the 1991 Act; and

(b)

article 30 (apparatus and rights of statutory undertakers in stopped up streets).

Annotations

Commencement

I1: Art. 29 in force at 18.2.2016, see art. 1