{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/network-rail-huddersfield-to-westtown-dewsbury-improvements-order-2022/article-26",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/network-rail-huddersfield-to-westtown-dewsbury-improvements-order-2022/article-26.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2022/1067",
  "legislation_title": "The Network Rail (Huddersfield to Westtown (Dewsbury) Improvements) Order 2022",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/network-rail-huddersfield-to-westtown-dewsbury-improvements-order-2022",
  "path": "article/26",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "26",
  "heading": "Power to acquire land",
  "text": "(1) Network Rail may acquire compulsorily—\n(a) so much of the land shown on the deposited plans within the Order limits as land to be acquired compulsorily and described in the book of reference as may be required for the purposes of the authorised works; and\n(b) so much of the land specified in columns (1) and (2) of Schedule 2 (acquisition of certain lands for ancillary works) (being land shown on the deposited plans and described in the book of reference) as may be required for the purpose specified in relation to that land in column (3) of that Schedule,\nand may use any land so acquired for those purposes, or for any other purposes that are ancillary to its railway undertaking.\n(2) This article is subject to article 29 (power to acquire new rights), article 30 (power to acquire ground anchor rights), article 31 (power to acquire subsoil and imposition of restrictive covenants), article 32(2) (power to acquire subsoil or airspace only) and article 34 (temporary use of land for construction of works).\n(3) This article does not apply to—\n(a) any land shown on the deposited plans within the protective works limits and described in the book of reference; and\n(b) any land specified in Schedule 17 (temporary use of land for access).",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2022/1067/article/26",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T21:54:50.474197+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."
}