Article 31 Statutory undertakersI1

England, Wales and Scotland

(1)

Subject to the provisions of Schedule 9 (protective provisions), article 22 (compulsory acquisition of rights) and paragraph (2), the undertaker may—

(a)

acquire compulsorily or acquire new rights over any Order land belonging to statutory undertakers; and

(b)

extinguish the rights of, or remove or reposition the apparatus belonging to, statutory undertakers over the Order land.

(2)

Paragraph (1)(b) has no effect in relation to apparatus in respect of which the following provisions apply—

(a)

Part 3 (street works in England and Wales) of the 1991 Act; and

(b)

article 32 (apparatus and rights of statutory undertakers in stopped-up streets).

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