Paragraph 14 Land transferI1

Following the issuing of the final certificates for all the HE works, Highways England may serve notice on the undertaker that it wishes to take a freehold transfer of land within the then extent of highway land which is not in the ownership of HE but has been acquired by the undertaker for the purposes of carrying out the HE works.

If the undertaker receives a notice under sub-paragraph (1), the undertaker must co-operate in a freehold transfer of the land which is the subject of the notice and complete such transfer as soon as reasonably practicable at no cost to Highways England, which includes the undertaker being responsible for the reasonable legal costs incurred by Highways England in connection with such transfer.