High Speed Rail (London - West Midlands) Act 2017

7 (1) At any time during the maintenance period relating to any of the scheduled works, the nominated undertaker may— U.K.

(a) enter upon and take possession of any land which is—

(i) within 20 metres from that work, and

(ii) within the Act limits,

if possession of the land is reasonably required for the purposes of or in connection with maintaining the work or any ancillary works connected with it, and

(b) construct on the land such temporary works (including the provision of means of access) and structures as may be reasonably so required, unless the land is specified in the table in Part 4 of this Schedule.

(2) Sub-paragraph (1) does not authorise the nominated undertaker to take possession of—

(a) a house, any other structure which is for the time being occupied, or a garden belonging to a house, or

(b) land which is subject to a restricted power of compulsory acquisition.

(3) The nominated undertaker may only remain in possession of the land for so long as may be reasonably required to carry out the maintenance works for which possession of the land was taken.

(4) In this paragraph—

(a) “"the maintenance period””, in relation to any work, means the period beginning with the date on which the work is completed and ending 5 years after the date on which it is brought into general use;

(b) “"structure”” includes any erection;

(c) the reference in sub-paragraph (1)(a) to land within a specified distance of a work includes, in the case of a work under the surface of the ground, a reference to land within the specified distance of any point on the surface below which the work is situated.