Article 4 Power to acquire land

Network Rail may acquire compulsorily so much of the land shown on the land plans as land to be acquired compulsorily and described in the book of reference as may be required for the purposes of the development and may use any land so acquired for those purposes or for any other purposes that are ancillary to its railway undertaking.

This article is subject to article 7(2) (power to acquire new rights), article 8(8) (temporary use of land in connection with the development), article 9 (temporary use of land for oversailing and access) and article 12 (time limit for exercise of powers of acquisition).