{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/m60m62m66-simister-island-interchange-development-consent-order-2025/article-8",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/m60m62m66-simister-island-interchange-development-consent-order-2025/article-8.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2025/1018",
  "legislation_title": "The M60/M62/M66 Simister Island Interchange Development Consent Order 2025",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/m60m62m66-simister-island-interchange-development-consent-order-2025",
  "path": "article/8",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "8",
  "heading": "Consent to transfer benefit of Order",
  "text": "(1) Subject to paragraph (5), the undertaker may with the written consent of the Secretary of State—\n(a) transfer to another person (“the transferee”) any or all of the benefit of the provisions of this Order and such related statutory rights as may be agreed between the undertaker and the transferee; or\n(b) grant to another person (“the grantee”) for a period agreed between the undertaker and the grantee any or all of the benefit of the provisions of this Order and such related statutory rights as may be so agreed.\n(2) Where an agreement has been made in accordance with paragraph (1) references in this Order to the undertaker, except in paragraph (3), include references to the transferee or the grantee.\n(3) The exercise by any person of any benefits or rights conferred in accordance with any transfer or grant under paragraph (1) is subject to the same restrictions, liabilities and obligations as would apply by or under this Order if those benefits or rights were exercised by the undertaker.\n(4) If the benefit of the provisions of this Order relating to compulsory acquisition is transferred or granted to a transferee or grantee pursuant to this article and the transferee or grantee exercises those powers then the undertaker alone is liable for any compensation that is payable to another party as a consequence of the exercise of those powers by the transferee or grantee.\n(5) The consent of the Secretary of State is not required for a transfer or grant under this article, where the transfer or grant is made to—\n(a) Cadent Gas Limited (company number 10080864) whose registered office is at Pilot Way, Ansty, Coventry, England, CV7 9JU for the purposes of undertaking Works No. 45;\n(b) Electricity North West Limited (company number 2366949) whose registered office is at Borron Street, Stockport, Greater Manchester, SK1 2JD for the purposes of undertaking Works Nos. 14, 15 and 33;\n(c) Openreach Limited (company number 10690039) whose registered office is at Kelvin House, 123 Judd Street, London WC1H 9NP for the purposes of undertaking Works Nos. 14 and 15;\n(d) United Utilities PLC (company number 2366616) whose registered office is at Haweswater House, Lingley Mere Business Park, Lingley Green Avenue, Great Sankey, Warrington, WA5 3LP for the purposes of undertaking Works Nos. 30 and 41; and\n(e) Virgin Media Limited (company number 2591237) whose registered office is at 500 Brook Drive, Reading, RG2 6UU for the purposes of undertaking Works No. 45.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Art. 8 in force at 30.9.2025, see art. 1"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2025/1018/article/8",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T21:11:37.221967+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."
}