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5.—(1) The Company may compulsorily acquire such easements or other rights over any land referred to in article 3 (power to acquire land) as may be required for any purpose for which that land may be acquired by them under that article, by creating them as well as by acquiring easements or other rights already in existence.
(2) Subject to section 8 of the 1965 Act (as substituted by paragraph 5 of Schedule 1 (modification of compensation and compulsory purchase enactments for creation of new rights)), where the Company acquires a right over land under paragraph (1) they shall not be required to acquire a greater interest in that land.
(3) Schedule 1 shall have effect for the purpose of modifying the enactments relating to compensation and the provisions of the 1965 Act in their application in relation to the compulsory acquisition under this article of a right over land by the creation of a new right.
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