1. Introductory Text

  2. PART 1 PRELIMINARY

    1. 1.Citation and commencement

    2. 2.Interpretation

  3. PART 2 STREETS

    1. 3.Access to works

  4. PART 3 ACQUISITION AND POSSESSION OF LAND

    1. Powers of Acquisition

      1. 4.Power to acquire land

      2. 5.Application of Part 1 of the 1965 Act

      3. 6.Application of the 1981 Act

      4. 7.Power to acquire new rights

      5. 8.Power to acquire subsoil or airspace only

      6. 9.Rights under or over streets

      7. Temporary possession or use of land

        1. 10.Temporary use of land for construction of works

        2. 11.Temporary use of land for access

        3. 12.Temporary use of land for maintenance of works

        4. 13.Cranes

      8. Compensation

        1. 14.Disregard of certain interests and improvements

      9. Supplementary

        1. 15.Extinction or suspension of private rights of way

        2. 16.Time limit for exercise of powers of acquisition

  5. PART 4 MISCELLANEOUS AND GENERAL

    1. 17.Statutory undertakers etc.

    2. 18.Obstruction of construction of authorised works

    3. 19.Power to survey and investigate land

    4. 20.Certification of plans etc.

    5. 21.Service of notices

    6. 22.No double recovery

    7. 23.Arbitration

  6. Signature

  7. SCHEDULES

    1. SCHEDULE 1

      AUTHORISED WORKS

    2. SCHEDULE 2

      LAND OVER WHICH TEMPORARY RIGHTS OF ACCESS MAY BE EXERCISED

    3. SCHEDULE 3

      LAND IN WHICH ONLY NEW RIGHTS ETC., MAY BE ACQUIRED

    4. SCHEDULE 4

      MODIFICATION OF COMPENSATION AND COMPULSORY PURCHASE ENACTMENTS FOR CREATION OF NEW RIGHTS

      1. Compensation enactments

        1. 1.The enactments for the time being in force with respect...

        2. 2.(1) Without limitation on the scope of paragraph 1, the...

        3. 3.(1) Without limitation on the scope of paragraph 1, the...

      2. Application of Part 1 of the 1965 Act

        1. 4.Part 1 (compulsory purchase under Acquisition of Land Act 1946)...

        2. 5.(1) The modifications referred to in paragraph 4(a) are as...

    5. SCHEDULE 5

      LAND OF WHICH TEMPORARY POSSESSION MAY BE TAKEN

    6. SCHEDULE 6

      PROVISIONS RELATING TO STATUTORY UNDERTAKERS ETC.

      1. 1.(1) Sections 271 to 274 (power to extinguish rights of...

  8. Explanatory Note