The Walney Extension Offshore Wind Farm Order 2014

Compulsory acquisition of rights

21.—(1) The undertaker may acquire compulsorily such rights over the Order land, or impose such restrictive covenants affecting the land, as may be required for any purpose for which that land may be acquired under article 19 (compulsory acquisition of land), by creating them as well as by acquiring rights already in existence.

(2) Subject to the provisions of this article, article 22 (private rights), article 27 (temporary use of land for carrying out the authorised project), article 28 (temporary use of land for maintaining the authorised project) and article 29 (statutory undertakers), in the case of the Order land specified in column (1) of Schedule 6 (land in which new rights etc. may be acquired) the undertaker’s powers of compulsory acquisition are limited to the acquisition of such new rights or the imposition of restrictive covenants affecting the land for the purpose specified in relation to that land in column (2) of that Schedule.

(3) Subject to section 8 of the 1965 Act (as substituted by paragraph 5 of Schedule 7 (modification of compensation and compulsory purchase enactments for creation of new rights)), where the undertaker acquires a right over land or the benefit of a restrictive covenant under paragraph (1) or (2), the undertaker shall not be required to acquire a greater interest in that land.

(4) Schedule 7 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 or the imposition of a restrictive covenant.

(5) In any case where the acquisition of new rights under paragraph (1) or the imposition of restrictive covenants under paragraph (4) is required for the purpose of diverting, replacing or protecting apparatus of a statutory undertaker the undertaker may, with the consent of the Secretary of State, transfer the power to acquire such rights or impose such covenants to the statutory undertaker in question.

(6) The exercise by a statutory undertaker of any power in accordance with a transfer under paragraph (5) shall be subject to the same restrictions, liabilities and obligations as would apply under this Order if that power were exercised by the undertaker.

(7) Any person who suffers loss as a result of the extinguishment or suspension of any private right of way under this article shall be entitled to compensation to be determined, in case of dispute, under Part 1 of the 1961 Act(1).

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1961 c. 33. Sections 2 and 3 were repealed by S.I. 2009/1307.