Article 40 Statutory undertakersI1
England and Wales
Subject to the provisions of Schedule 9 (protective provisions), the undertaker may—
acquire compulsorily the land belonging to statutory undertakers within the Order land and described in the book of reference;
acquire existing rights, create and acquire new rights and impose restrictive covenants over the land belonging to statutory undertakers within the Order land and described in the book of reference;
extinguish or suspend the rights of, or remove, alter, renew, relocate or reposition apparatus belonging to, statutory undertakers over or within the Order land;
construct the authorised development in such a way as to cross underneath or over apparatus belonging to statutory undertakers and other like bodies within the Order land;
construct over existing apparatus belonging to statutory undertakers any necessary track or roadway (whether temporary or permanent) together with the right to maintain or remove the same, and install such service media under or over the existing apparatus needed in connection with the authorised development; and
remove or reposition apparatus belonging to statutory undertakers which is laid beneath any of the streets within the Order land.
Annotations
Commencement
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Art. 40 in force at 12.10.2025, see art. 1