Article 31 Statutory undertakersI1

England, Wales and Scotland

(1)

Subject to Parts 1 to 4 of Schedule 12 (protective provisions), the undertaker may—

(a)

acquire compulsorily the land belonging to statutory undertakers shown on the land plan within the Order limits and described in the book of reference;

(b)

extinguish the rights of, remove or reposition the apparatus belonging to, statutory undertakers within the Order limits; and

(c)

acquire compulsorily the new rights over land belonging to statutory undertakers within the Order limits and described in the book of reference.

(2)

In this article, a reference to a statutory undertaker includes a reference to a public communications provider (as defined in article 32(3) (recovery of costs of new connections)).

Annotations

Commencement

I1: Art. 31 in force at 11.3.2015, see art. 1