{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/felixstowe-branch-line-and-ipswich-yard-improvement-order-2008/article-17",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/felixstowe-branch-line-and-ipswich-yard-improvement-order-2008/article-17.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2008/2512",
  "legislation_title": "The Felixstowe Branch Line and Ipswich Yard Improvement Order 2008",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/felixstowe-branch-line-and-ipswich-yard-improvement-order-2008",
  "path": "article/17",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "17",
  "heading": "Provision of new level crossings in substitution for existing level crossings",
  "text": "(1) The undertaker may, in connection with the construction of the authorised works, carry the railway on the level across the footpaths specified in columns (1) and (2) of Part 2 of Schedule 7 (level crossings).\n(2) The undertaker may, in connection with the construction of the authorised works, provide a new level crossing in substitution for an existing level crossing.\n(3) The undertaker may in the exercise of the powers conferred by this article alter the level of any footpath which is referred to in Part 2 of Schedule 7 (level crossings).\n(4) Subject to paragraph (5), each existing level crossing shall be stopped up and discontinued and any right of way over it shall be extinguished.\n(5) Paragraph (4) shall not take effect with respect to an existing level crossing until the new level crossing has been completed and is open for public use in accordance with the reasonable requirements of the highway authority.\n(6) Any person who suffers loss by the extinguishment of any private right of way under this article shall be entitled to compensation to be determined, in case of dispute, under Part 1 of the 1961 Act.\n(7) This article is subject to the provisions of paragraph 2 of Schedule 9 (provisions relating to statutory undertakers, etc.).\n(8) In this article—\n“existing level crossing” means any place at which the Felixstowe Branch Line crosses on the level the footpaths specified in columns (1) and (2) of Part 2 of Schedule 7 (level crossings);\n“new level crossing” means any new level crossing specified in column (3) of Part 2 of Schedule 7 (level crossings) in relation to an existing level crossing; and\n“railway” means the railway forming part of the authorised works.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2008/2512/article/17",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T03:24:18.273578+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}