The National Grid (Yorkshire Green Energy Enablement Project) Development Consent Order 2024

Extinguishment of private rights and restrictive covenants relating to apparatus removed from land subject to temporary possession

27.—(1) This article applies to any Order land specified in Part 1 (National Grid), Part 2 (NPG) and Part 3 (NGN) of Schedule 11 (extinguishment of private rights and restrictive covenants relating to apparatus removed from land subject to temporary possession) and any other Order land of which National Grid takes temporary possession under article 36 (temporary use of land by National Grid) or NPG takes temporary possession under article 37 (temporary use of land by NPG) or NGN takes temporary possession under article 38 (temporary use of land by NGN).

(2) All private rights or restrictive covenants in relation to apparatus belonging to National Grid, NPG or NGN removed from any land to which this article applies are extinguished from the date on which National Grid, NPG or NGN give up temporary possession of that land under articles 36(5) and 36(6), or 37(5) and 37(6), or 38(5) and 38(6), as the case may be.

(3) The extinguishment of rights by paragraph (2) does not give rise to any cause of action relating to the presence on or in the land of any foundations (save for those which lie less than 1.5 metres underground) referred to in articles 36(5)(c) and 36(6)(c), or 37(5)(c) and 37(6)(c), or 38(5)(c) and 38(6)(c) (National Grid, NPG and NGN not required to remove foundations when giving up temporary possession).

(4) Schedule 11 (extinguishment of private rights and restrictive covenants relating to apparatus removed from land subject to temporary possession) has effect.