The London Underground (East London Line Extension) Order 1997

Permanent stopping up of streets

7.—(1) Subject to the provisions of this article, the Company may, in connection with the construction of the authorised works, permanently stop up each of the streets specified in columns (1) and (2) of Parts I and II of Schedule 4 to this Order to the extent specified, by reference to the letters and numbers shown on the deposited plans, in column (3) of Parts I and II of that Schedule.

(2) No street specified in columns (1) and (2) of Part I of Schedule 4 to this Order (being a street to be stopped up for which a substitute is to be provided) shall be wholly or partly stopped up under this article unless either–

(a) the new street to be substituted for it and which is specified in relation to it by reference to the letters and numbers shown on the deposited plans in column (4) of that Part of that Schedule has been completed to the reasonable satisfaction of the street authority and is open for use; or

(b) a temporary alternative route is available between the commencement and termination points of the street to be stopped up pending completion of the new street in accordance with sub-paragraph (a) above.

(3) Where a street has been permanently stopped up under this article all rights of way over or along the street so stopped up shall be extinguished, and the Company may, without making any payment therefor but subject to sections 77 to 85E of, and Schedules 1 to 3 to, the 1845 Act (which relate to minerals under railways), appropriate and use for the purposes of their undertaking the street so stopped up.

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

(5) This article is subject to paragraph 2 of Schedule 9 to this Order.