PART 3Powers of acquisition

Private rights24.

(1)

From the date of entry by the undertaker onto any part of the Order land for the purposes of exercising any power under the Order, the private rights over the Order land referred to in paragraph (7) are subject to the provisions of this article.

(2)

All private rights over land of which the undertaker takes temporary possession for construction purposes are suspended and unenforceable for so long as the undertaker remains in occupation of that land.

(3)

Any person who suffers loss by the suspension of any private right under this article shall be entitled to compensation in accordance with the terms of section 152 of the 2008 Act to be determined, in case of dispute, under Part 1 of the 1961 Act.

(4)

This article does not apply in relation to any right to which section 138 of the 2008 Act (extinguishment of rights, and removal of apparatus, of statutory undertakers etc) applies.

(5)

Paragraph (2) has effect subject to—

(a)

any notice given by the undertaker before—

(i)

the completion of the acquisition of the Order land or the acquisition of rights over or affecting the Order land,

(ii)

the undertaker’s taking temporary possession of it,

that any or all of those paragraphs may not apply to any right specified in the notice; and

(b)

any agreement made at any time between the undertaker and the person in or to whom the right in question is vested or belongs.

(6)

If any such agreement as is referred to in paragraph (5)(b)—

(a)

is made with a person in or to whom the right is vested or belongs; and

(b)

is expressed to have effect also for the benefit of those deriving title from or under that person,

it is effective in respect of the persons so deriving title, whether the title was derived before or after the making of the agreement.

(7)

Reference in this article to private rights over land means the private rights specified in column (2) of Part 2 of Schedule 6 to this Order in relation to the lands numbered 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8 on the land plan and includes references to any trusts or incidents to which the land is subject.