British Railways Act 1992

20 Purchase of rights over land

(1) In this section references to the purchase by the Board of new rights are references to the purchase of rights to be created in favour of the Board.

(2) Subject to the provisions of this Act, the Board may for the purpose of constructing, maintaining, protecting, altering, renewing and using the authorised works, or for the purpose of obtaining access to the authorised works or for the purpose of doing any other thing necessary in connection with the authorised works, purchase compulsorily such new rights as they require in or over any of the land delineated on the deposited plans and described in the deposited book of reference instead of purchasing that land under section 19 (Purchase of land) of this Act.

(3) The Act of 1965, as applied by this Act, shall have effect with the modifications necessary to make it apply to the compulsory purchase of new rights under subsection (2) above as it applies to the compulsory purchase of land so that, in appropriate contexts, references in the Act of 1965 to land are read as referring, or as including references, to the new rights or to land in or over which the new rights are, or are to be, exercisable, according to the requirements of the particular context.

(4) Without prejudice to the generality of subsection (3) above, in relation to the purchase of new rights under subsection (2) above—

(a) Part I of the Act of 1965 shall have effect with the modifications specified in Schedule 2 to this Act; and

(b) the enactments relating to compensation for the compulsory purchase of land shall apply with the necessary modifications as they apply to such compensation.