{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/network-rail-west-coast-main-line-order-2003/article-24",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/network-rail-west-coast-main-line-order-2003/article-24.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2003/1075",
  "legislation_title": "The Network Rail (West Coast Main Line) Order 2003",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/network-rail-west-coast-main-line-order-2003",
  "path": "article/24",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "24",
  "heading": "Power to acquire land",
  "text": "(1) Subject to paragraphs (2) and (3), Network Rail may acquire compulsorily—\n(a) so much of the land shown on the deposited plans within the limits of deviation for the scheduled works shown on those plans and described in the book of reference as may be required for or in connection with the authorised works; and\n(b) so much of the land specified in columns (1) and (2) of Parts I and II of Schedule 2 to this Order as may be required for the purpose specified in relation to that land in column (3) of those Parts of that Schedule,\nand may use any land so acquired for those purposes or for any other purposes connected with or ancillary to its railway undertaking.\n(2) Network Rail shall not under the powers of this Order acquire compulsorily any interest in the lands delineated on the deposited plans and thereon numbered 10 in the borough of Dacorum.\n(3) Network Rail shall not under the powers of this Order acquire compulsorily any interest in the lands delineated on the deposited plans and thereon numbered 79b, 266b and 274b in the district of Lichfield except that Network Rail may enter upon and take temporary possession of the land in accordance with paragraph (4).\n(4) The provisions of article 30 shall apply in relation to the entering upon and taking possession of the lands mentioned in paragraph (3) as if—\n(a) the land numbered 79b were specified in columns (1) and (2) of Schedule 11 to this Order for the purpose of use as a working site and access in relation to Work Nos. 22, 24, 24A and 24B; and\n(b) the lands numbered 266b and 274b were specified in columns (1) and (2) of Schedule 11 to this Order for the purpose of use as working sites and accesses in relation to Work No. 22.\n(5) This article is subject to articles 28, 30(8) and 40.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2003/1075/article/24",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T06:25:47.695647+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."
}