23.—(1) The undertaker may acquire compulsorily such easements or other rights over land referred to in article 22 (power to acquire land) as may be required for any purpose for which that land may be acquired under that provision, by creating them as well as by acquiring easements or other rights already in existence.
(2) In the case of the land specified in columns (1) and (2) of the table in Part 1 of Schedule 6 (land in which only new rights may be acquired) the undertaker’s powers of compulsory acquisition are limited to the acquisition of such new rights as may be required for the purpose specified in relation to that land in column (3) of that table.
(3) In the case of the land specified in columns (1) and (2) of the table in Part 2 (land over which restrictive covenants may be imposed) of Schedule 6 the undertaker’s power under article 22 (power to acquire land) also includes power to impose restrictive covenants over the land for the purposes specified in relation to the land in column (3) of the table.
(4) Subject to—
(a)Schedule 2A (counter-notice requiring purchase of land not in notice to treat) to the 1965 Act (as substituted by paragraph 5(7) of Schedule 7 (modification of compensation and compulsory purchase enactments for creation of new rights)); and
(b)Schedule A1 to the 1981 Act (as modified by paragraph 7(7) of Schedule 7),
where the undertaker acquires a right over land or imposes a restrictive covenant under paragraph (1), (2) or (3), the undertaker is not required to acquire a greater interest in that land.
(5) Schedule 7 has effect for the purpose of modifying the enactments relating to compensation, and the provisions of the 1965 Act and the 1981 Act in their application in relation to the compulsory acquisition under this article of a right over land by the creation of a new right or the imposition of a restrictive covenant.