PART 3

POWERS OF ACQUISITION

Private rights over land12.

(1)

Subject to the provisions of this article and to Schedule 4 (protective provisions), all private rights over land subject to compulsory acquisition under this Order are extinguished on—

(a)

the date of acquisition of the land by the undertaker, whether compulsorily or by agreement; or

(b)

the date of entry onto the land by the undertaker under section 11(1)30 (powers of entry) of the 1965 Act,

whichever is the earlier.

(2)

Subject to the provisions of this article, all private rights over land subject to the compulsory acquisition of rights or the imposition of restrictive covenants under this Order are extinguished in so far as their continuance would be inconsistent with the exercise of the right or burden of the restrictive covenant on—

(a)

the date of the acquisition of the right or the benefit of the restrictive covenant being imposed in favour of the undertaker, whether compulsorily or by agreement;

(b)

the date of entry onto the land by the undertaker under section 11(1) of the 1965 Act; or

(c)

the commencement of any activity authorised by the Order which interferes with or breaches those rights,

whichever is earlier.

(3)

Any person who suffers loss by the extinguishment or suspension of any private right or by the imposition of any restrictive covenant under this article is entitled to compensation in accordance with the terms of section 15231 (compensation in case where no right to claim in nuisance) of the 2008 Act, to be determined, in case of dispute, as if it were a dispute under Part 1 (determination of questions of disputed compensation) of the 1961 Act.

(4)

This article does not apply in relation to any right to which section 13832 (extinguishment of rights, and removal of apparatus, of statutory undertakers etc.) of the 2008 Act or article 16 (statutory undertakers and operator of the electronic communications code network) applies.

(5)

Paragraphs (1) and (2) have effect subject to—

(a)

any notice given by the undertaker before—

(i)

the completion of the acquisition of the rights or the imposition of restrictive covenants over or affecting the land;

(ii)

the undertaker’s appropriation of it; or

(iii)

the undertaker’s entry onto it,

that any or all of those paragraphs do not apply to any rights specified in this 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 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)

References in this article to private rights over land include any right of way, trust, incident, easement, liberty, privilege, right or advantage annexed to land and adversely affecting other land, including any natural right to support and include restrictions as to the user of land arising by virtue of a contract, agreement or undertaking having that effect.