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Article 16 Statutory undertakers and operator of the electronic communications code networkI1

England and Wales

Subject to the provisions of article 10 (compulsory acquisition of rights) and Schedule 4 (protective provisions), the undertaker may—

(a)

exercise the powers conferred by article 10 (compulsory acquisition of rights) in relation to so much of the Order land as belongs to statutory undertakers, the operator of the electronic communications code network, public communications providers and public utility undertakers;

(b)

extinguish the rights of, remove or reposition the apparatus belonging to statutory undertakers, the operator of the electronic communications code network, public communications providers and public utility undertakers over or within the Order land; and

(c)

construct the authorised development in such a way as to cross underneath or over apparatus F1belonging to statutory undertakers, public utility undertakers and public communications providers within the Order land.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1

Words in art. 16(c) substituted (11.2.2025) by The Associated British Ports (Immingham Eastern Ro-Ro Terminal) Development Consent (Correction) Order 2025 (S.I. 2025/143), art. 1, Sch.

Commencement

I1

Art. 16 in force at 25.10.2024, see art. 1