PART IIIACQUISITION AND POSSESSION OF LAND

Supplementary

Extinguishment and suspension of private rights of way24.

(1)

All private rights of way over land subject to compulsory acquisition under this Order shall be extinguished—

(a)

as from the acquisition of the land by the undertaker, whether compulsorily or by agreement, or

(b)

on the entry on the land by the undertaker under section 11(1) of the 1965 Act,

whichever is sooner.

(2)

All private rights of way over land of which the undertaker takes temporary possession under this Order shall be suspended and unenforceable for as long as the undertaker remains in lawful possession of the land.

(3)

Any person who suffers loss by the interference with 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 Land Compensation Act 1961.

(4)

This article does not apply in relation to any right of way to which section 271 or 272 of the Town and Country Planning Act 199016 (extinguishment of rights of statutory undertakers etc.) or paragraph 2 of Schedule 11 to this Order applies.