Article 9 Accommodation crossings

Subject to paragraphs (3) and (4) and notwithstanding anything in section 68 of the Railways Clauses Consolidation Act 1845 as incorporated in the Trent Valley Railway Act 1845^f1 or any other enactment or instrument, all private rights of way (if any) across the West Coast Main Line railway by means of the accommodation facilities in the district of Lichfield, in the county of Staffordshire, specified in paragraph (2), shall be extinguished.

The accommodation facilities referred to in paragraph (1) are—

Paragraph (1) shall not take effect with respect to the extinguishment of the private rights of way by means of the level crossing specified in paragraph (2)(a) until the alternative accommodation access has been provided.

Paragraph (1) shall not take effect with respect to the extinguishment of the accommodation crossings specified in paragraph (2)(b) and (c) until Work Nos. 9 and 9A have been completed.

Any person who suffers loss by the extinguishment of any private right of way under this article shall be entitled to compensation to be determined, in case of dispute, under Part I of the 1961 Act.

In this article, “alternative accommodation access” means the acccess to be provided, specified in column (3) of Schedule 2 to this Order, on the land numbered 248 on the deposited plans in the borough of Tamworth, in the county of Staffordshire and on the land numbered 2, 5 and 8 in the district of Lichfield.