35.—(1) Subject to the provisions of Schedule 8 (protective provisions), the undertaker may—
(a)exercise the powers conferred by article 25 (compulsory acquisition of land) in relation to so much of the Order land belonging to statutory undertakers;
(b)extinguish or suspend the rights of or restrictive covenants for the benefit of, and remove or reposition the apparatus belonging to, statutory undertakers on, under, over or within the Order land.
(2) Paragraph (1)(b) has no effect in relation to apparatus in respect of which article 36 (apparatus and rights of statutory undertakers in stopped up streets) of this Order applies.