{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/high-speed-rail-london-west-midlands-act-2017/section-8",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/high-speed-rail-london-west-midlands-act-2017/section-8.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2017/7",
  "legislation_title": "High Speed Rail (London - West Midlands) Act 2017",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/high-speed-rail-london-west-midlands-act-2017",
  "path": "section/8",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "8",
  "heading": "Acquisition of subsoil or under-surface",
  "text": "(1) The power under section 4(1) in relation to land may be exercised in relation to the subsoil or under-surface of the land only.\n(2) The following do not apply in connection with the exercise of the power under section 4(1) in relation to subsoil or under-surface only—\n(a) Schedule 2A to the Compulsory Purchase Act 1965 (counter-notice requiring purchase of land not in notice to treat);\n(b) Schedule A1 to the Compulsory Purchase (Vesting Declarations) Act 1981 (corresponding provision in case of general vesting declaration);\n(c) section 153(4A) of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 (blighted land: proposed acquisition of part interest; material detriment test).\n(3) Subsection (2) is to be disregarded where the power under section 4(1) is exercised in relation to a cellar, vault, arch or other construction forming part of a house, building or manufactory.\n(4) Schedule 11 contains provision which in certain cases restricts the power under section 4(1)—\n(a) to the subsoil or under-surface of land, or\n(b) to the subsoil or under-surface of land and rights of passage.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "S. 8(2)(a)-(c) substituted for s. 8(2)(a)(b) (24.2.2017) by High Speed Rail (London - West Midlands) Act 2017 (c. 7), s. 70(2), Sch. 14 para. 3; S.I. 2017/209, reg. 2"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2017/7/section/8",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:05:43.605189+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."
}