{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/planning-wales-act-2026/section-291",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/planning-wales-act-2026/section-291.json",
  "legislation": "asc/2026/6",
  "legislation_title": "Planning (Wales) Act 2026",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/planning-wales-act-2026",
  "path": "section/291",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "291",
  "heading": "Ending of rights of statutory undertakers and network operators",
  "text": "(1) In relation to a highway that is stopped up or diverted in pursuance of an order under section 280 or 281, sections 314 and 315 and Part 1 of Schedule 18 (ending rights of statutory undertakers and electronic communications code network operators) apply as if—\n(a) references to land of which there has been a relevant acquisition were references to the land over which the highway subsisted;\n(b) references to the authority that acquired or appropriated the land were references to the person entitled to possession of the land;\n(c) references in section 315(3) and paragraph 1(3)(c) of Schedule 18 to a local authority or statutory undertaker included any person (other than a government department) who is entitled to possession of that land.\n(2) Subsection (1) does not apply in relation to land forming the site of a highway in respect of which opencast planning permission (within the meaning given by section 51 of the Opencast Coal Act 1958 (c. 69)) has been granted.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": "prospective",
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 291 not in force at Royal Assent, see s. 409(2)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asc/2026/6/section/291",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T20:17:37.107863+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."
}