High Speed Rail (London - West Midlands) Act 2017

8 (1) Where, by virtue of paragraph 6, work to which a notice under section 6(5) of the 1996 Act relates are carried out by an adjoining owner, sections 13 and 14 of that Act have effect subject to the following modifications.

(2) Section 13(1) has effect as if it enabled the adjoining owner, within the period of two months beginning with the day of the completion of the work, to serve on the building owner an account in writing showing particulars and expenses of the work.

(3) Section 13(2) has effect as if it enabled the building owner to serve on the adjoining owner a notice objecting to the account served under section 13(1) (as modified by sub-paragraph (2)).

(4) Section 14 has effect as if—

(a) for subsection (1) there were substituted—

“(1) All expenses to be defrayed by a building owner in accordance with an account served under section 13 shall be paid by the building owner.”, and

(b) subsection (2) were omitted.