Orders to relieve obligations
28(1)The appropriate Minister may by order provide for statutory undertakers to be relieved (whether absolutely or so far as specified in the order) of the need to meet an obligation relating to the carrying on of their undertaking if conditions 1 and 2 are met.
(2)Condition 1 is that the statutory undertakers have made representations on the subject to the appropriate Minister.
(3)Condition 2 is that the appropriate Minister is satisfied that meeting some or all of the obligation has been made impracticable by any of the acts and events mentioned in sub-paragraph (4).
(4)The acts and events are—
(a)the acquisition by the HCA under this Part of this Act of any land—
(i)in which an interest was held for the purpose of carrying on the undertaking concerned, or
(ii)which was used for that purpose, and
(b)the extinguishment of a right, or the imposition of any requirement, by virtue of Part 1 of this Schedule.