# The Thorpe Marsh Gas Pipeline Order 2016, Article 20: Compulsory acquisition of land

Extent: E+W+S

(1) The undertaker may acquire compulsorily so much of the Order land (including, for the avoidance of doubt, the subsoil) as is required for the authorised development or to facilitate it, or is incidental to it.
(2) This article is subject to article 22 (time limit for exercise of authority to acquire land compulsorily), paragraph (2) of article 23 (compulsory acquisition of rights), article 26 (acquisition of subsoil only) and paragraph (9) of article 29 (temporary use of land for carrying out the authorised development).
(3) Nothing in this article authorises the acquisition of an interest which is for the time being held by or on behalf of the Crown.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2016/297/article/20 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/thorpe-marsh-gas-pipeline-order-2016/article-20
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