Crossrail Act 2008

3 (1) This paragraph applies where— U.K.

(a) the nominated undertaker for the purpose of constructing any work authorised by this Act in, on or under any land, requires the removal of any apparatus placed in that land, and gives the undertakers not less than 28 days' written notice of that requirement, together with a plan of the proposed work, and of the proposed position of the alternative apparatus to be provided or constructed, or

(b) in consequence of the exercise of any of the powers of this Act, the undertakers reasonably require to remove any apparatus.

(2) Subject to sub-paragraph (3), the nominated undertaker or the Secretary of State shall afford the undertakers the requisite facilities and rights for the construction of any necessary alternative apparatus in other land which is available for the purpose and which is held or used, or intended for use, by the nominated undertaker for the purposes of its undertaking under this Act or held by the Secretary of State, or in which either of them has sufficient rights or interests and thereafter for the maintenance, repair, renewal and inspection of such apparatus.

(3) Sub-paragraph (4) applies where facilities and rights required for the construction of apparatus under sub-paragraph (2) are to be afforded elsewhere than in such other land and neither the nominated undertaker nor the Secretary of State is able to afford such facilities and rights.

(4) The undertakers shall, on receipt of a written notice from the nominated undertaker that this sub-paragraph applies, forthwith use their best endeavours to obtain the necessary facilities and rights; and neither the nominated undertaker nor the Secretary of State shall be under an obligation as to the provision of such facilities and rights in the other land.

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1 Sch. 17 Pt. 2 para. 3(2) modified (21.4.2010) by The Crossrail (Devolution of Functions) Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/988), arts. 1, 10(3) (with art. 13)

C2 Sch. 17 Pt. 2 para. 3(3)(4) modified (21.4.2010) by The Crossrail (Devolution of Functions) Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/988), arts. 1, 10(4) (with art. 13)