The Dogger Bank Teesside A and B Offshore Wind Farm Order 2015

Compulsory acquisition of land

22.—(1) Bizco 2 may acquire compulsorily so much of the Order land as is required for the Project A onshore works, the Project A offshore works or the shared works or to facilitate, or is incidental to, the construction and maintenance of those works.

(2) Bizco 3 may acquire compulsorily so much of the Order land as is required for the Project B onshore works, the Project B offshore works or the shared works or to facilitate, or is incidental to, the construction and maintenance of those works.

(3) From the relevant date, the Order land (or any part of it) is discharged from all rights, trusts and incidents to which it was previously subject.

(4) In paragraph (3), “relevant date” means—

(a) the date on which the Order land (or any part of it) vests in the undertaker; or

(b) any later date specified for the purposes of this article in relation to the Order land (or any part of it) in a notice given to every person on whom a notice under section 134 of the 2008 Act (notice of authorisation of compulsory acquisition) is required to be served.

(5) Any person who suffers loss by the extinguishment or suspension of any private right of way under this article is entitled to compensation to be determined, in case of dispute, under Part 1 of the 1961 Act.

(6) This article is subject to—

(a) article 10 (Bizco 2 and Bizco 3 may enter certain land for purposes of construction);

(b) article 25 (compulsory acquisition of rights);

(c) article 29 (temporary use of land for carrying out authorised project).