Channel Tunnel Rail Link Act 1996

8 Extinguishment of rights of statutory undertakers etc

(1) Sections 271 to 273 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 (extinguishment of rights of statutory undertakers etc.) shall apply in relation to land held by the Secretary of State as being land which is required for or in connection with the works authorised by this Part of this Act as they apply in relation to land acquired or appropriated as mentioned in section 271(1) of that Act.

(2) In the application of sections 271 to 273 of that Act by virtue of subsection (1) above, references to the acquiring or appropriating authority shall be construed as references to the nominated undertaker.

(3) In their application by virtue of subsection (1) above, sections 271 and 272 of that Act shall also have effect with the following modifications—

(a) in subsection (2), for the words from “with” to “appropriated” there shall be substituted “authorised by Part I of the Channel Tunnel Rail Link Act 1996”, and

(b) in subsection (5), for the words from “local” to “or undertakers” there shall be substituted “a person other than a Minister, he”.

(4) In the Town and Country Planning Act 1990, any reference to, or to any provision of, section 271, 272 or 273 shall include a reference to, or to that provision of, that section as applied by subsection (1) above.

(5) In their application by virtue of subsection (4) above, the following provisions of that Act shall have effect with the following modifications—

(a) in section 274(3), for “local authority or statutory undertakers” there shall be substituted “person”, and

(b) in sections 274(5), 279(2) to (4) and 280(6), references to the acquiring or appropriating authority shall be construed as references to the nominated undertaker.