High Speed Rail (London - West Midlands) Act 2017

16 Use of roads

(1) The nominated undertaker may use any road situated on land specified in—

(a) the table in Schedule 8, or

(b) the table in paragraph 2 of Schedule 11,

for the passage of persons or vehicles (with or without materials, plant or machinery) for Phase One purposes.

(2) The power under subsection (1) may not be exercised after the end of five years beginning with the date on which Phase One of High Speed 2 is brought into general use.

(3) The nominated undertaker must compensate the person having the management of a road to which subsection (1) applies for any loss which the person may suffer by reason of the exercise of the power under that subsection.

(4) Any dispute as to a person’s entitlement to compensation under subsection (3), or as to the amount of compensation, must be determined under and in accordance with Part 1 of the Land Compensation Act 1961.