London Docklands Railway (Lewisham) Act 1993

21 Application of Lands Clauses Acts to compulsory purchase of new rights

(1) The Lands Clauses Acts, as incorporated with this Act, shall have effect with the modifications necessary to make them apply to the compulsory purchase or rights under section 19 (Power to acquire subsoil or new rights only in certain cases) and section 20 (Subsoil or new rights only to be acquired under certain lands) of this Act as they apply to the compulsory purchase of land so that, in appropriate contexts, references in those Acts to land are read as referring, or as including references, to the rights or to land in, under or over which the rights are or are to be exercisable, according to the requirements of the particular context.

(2) Without prejudice to the generality of subsection (1) above in relation to the purchase of new rights in pursuance of section 19 (Power to acquire subsoil or new rights only in certain cases) and section 20 (Subsoil or new rights only to be acquired under certain lands) of this Act—

(a) the [1845 c. 18.] Lands Clauses Consolidation Act 1845 shall, subject to the provisions of subsection (3) below, have effect with the modifications specified in Schedule 1 (except paragraph 4) to the Act of 1976 and as if for the word “over”, wherever it occurs in paragraph 1 of that Schedule, there were substituted the words “in, under or over”;

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

(3) Notwithstanding anything in this section, section 92 of the Lands Clauses Consolidation Act 1845 shall not apply to any compulsory acquisition or purchase by the Company under section 19 (Power to acquire subsoil or new rights only in certain cases) or section 20 (Subsoil or new rights only to be acquired under certain lands) of this Act.