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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/midland-metro-birmingham-eastside-extension-order-2020/schedule-10/paragraph-4",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2020/141",
  "legislation_title": "The Midland Metro (Birmingham Eastside Extension) Order 2020",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/midland-metro-birmingham-eastside-extension-order-2020",
  "path": "schedule/10/paragraph/4",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) The Authority must not exercise the powers conferred by article 23 (power to survey and investigate land, etc.) and article 28 (power to acquire land) in respect of any railway property unless the exercise of such powers is with the consent of Network Rail.\n(2) The Authority must not in exercise of the powers conferred by this Order prevent pedestrian or vehicular access to any railway property, unless preventing such access is with the consent of Network Rail.\n(3) The Authority must not exercise the powers conferred by sections 271 (extinguishment of rights of statutory undertakers: preliminary notices) or 272 (extinguishment of rights of electronic code communications operators: preliminary notices) of the 1990 Act as applied by Schedule 9 (provisions relating to statutory undertakers) in relation to any right of access of Network Rail to railway property, but such right of access may be diverted with the consent of Network Rail.\n(4) The Authority must not under the powers conferred by this Order acquire or use, or acquire new rights over, any railway property except with the consent of Network Rail.\n(5) Where Network Rail is asked to give its consent pursuant to this paragraph, such consent must not be unreasonably withheld but may be given subject to reasonable conditions.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "Section 272 was amended by paragraph 103 of Schedule 17 to the Communications Act 2003 (c. 21)."
    }
  ],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2020/141/schedule/10/paragraph/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T22:33:38.768812+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."
}