Railways Clauses Consolidation Act 1845

33 Company to give notice previous to such temporary possession.E+W+N.I.

In case any such lands shall be required for spoil banks or for side cuttings, or for obtaining materials for the construction or repair of the railway, the company shall before entering thereon (except in the case of accident to the railway requiring immediate reparation) give three weeks’ notice in writing to the owners and occupiers of such lands of their intention to enter upon the same for such purposes; and in case the said lands are required for any of the other purposes herein-before mentioned the company shall (except in the cases aforesaid) give ten days like notice thereof; and the company shall in such notices respectively state the substance of the provisions herein-after contained respecting the right of such owner or occupier to require the company to purchase any such lands, or to receive compensation for the temporary occupation thereof, as the case may be.

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1Ss. 30-44 incorporated (with modifications) (9.10.1997) by S.I. 1997/2534, arts. 3(1)(3), 10(5)