16.—(1) Network Rail may acquire compulsorily—
(a)so much of the land shown on the deposited plans within the limits of deviation as land to be acquired compulsorily and described in the book of reference as may be required for the purposes of the authorised works; and
(b)so much of the land specified in columns (1) and (2) of Schedule 2 (acquisition of certain lands for ancillary works) (being land shown on the deposited plans and described in the book of reference) as may be required for the purpose specified in relation to that land in column (3) of that Schedule,
and may use any land so acquired for those purposes or for any other purposes that are ancillary to its railway undertaking.
(2) This article is subject to article 21 (temporary use of land for construction of works).
17.—(1) Part 1 of the 1965 Act, in so far as not modified by or inconsistent with the provisions of this Order, applies to the acquisition of land under this Order—
(a)as it applies to a compulsory purchase to which the 1981 Act applies; and
(b)as if this Order were a compulsory purchase order under that Act.
(2) Part 1 of the 1965 Act, as so applied, has effect as if section 4 (which provides a time limit for compulsory purchase of land) and paragraph 3(3) of Schedule 3 (which makes provision as to the giving of bonds) were omitted.
18.—(1) The Compulsory Purchase (Vesting Declarations) Act 1981(1) applies as if this Order were a compulsory purchase order.
(2) The Compulsory Purchase (Vesting Declarations) Act 1981, as applied by paragraph (1), has effect with the following modifications.
(3) In section 3 (preliminary notices) for subsection (1) substitute—
“(1) Before making a declaration under section 4 with respect to any land which is subject to a compulsory purchase order the acquiring authority must include the particulars specified in subsection (3) in a notice which is—
(a)given to every person with a relevant interest in the land with respect to which the declaration is to be made (other than a mortgagee who is not in possession); and
(b)published in a local newspaper circulating in the area in which the land is situated.”.
(4) In that section, in subsection (2), for “(1)(b)” substitute “(1)” and after “given” insert “and published”.
(5) In that section, for subsections (5) and (6) substitute—
“(5) For the purposes of this section, a person has a relevant interest in land if—
(a)that person is for the time being entitled to dispose of the fee simple of the land, whether in possession or in reversion; or
(b)that person holds, or is entitled to the rents and profits of, the land under a lease or agreement, the unexpired term of which exceeds one month.”.
(6) In section 5 (earliest date for execution of declaration)—
(a)in subsection (1), after “publication” insert “in a local newspaper circulating in the area in which the land is situated”; and
(b)omit subsection (2).
(7) In section 7 (constructive notice to treat) in subsection (1)(a), omit “(as modified by section 4 of the Acquisition of Land Act 1981)”.
(8) References to the 1965 Act in the Compulsory Purchase (Vesting Declarations) Act 1981 are construed as references to that Act as applied to the acquisition of land under article 16 (power to acquire land).
19.—(1) Network Rail may acquire compulsorily such easements or other rights over any land which it is authorised to acquire under article 16 (power to acquire land) as may be required for any purpose for which that land may be acquired under that provision, by creating them as well as by acquiring easements or other rights already in existence.
(2) Subject to section 8 of the 1965 Act (as substituted by paragraph 5 of Schedule 5 (modification of compensation and compulsory purchase enactments for creation or imposition of new rights)) where Network Rail acquires a right over land or the benefit of a restrictive covenant under paragraph (1) or article 20(6) Network Rail is not required to acquire a greater interest in that land.
(3) Schedule 5 has effect for the purpose of modifying the enactments relating to compensation and the provisions of the 1965 Act in their application in relation to the compulsory acquisition under this article of a right over land by the creation of a new right or the imposition of a restrictive covenant under article 20(6).
20.—(1) This article applies to—
(a)the plot numbered 4 in the Metropolitan Borough of Knowsley; and
(b)the plot numbered 5 in the Metropolitan Borough of Knowsley.
(2) Network Rail’s powers of compulsory acquisition under article 16 (power to acquire land) as respects the land referred to in paragraph (1)(a) are limited to the acquisition of railway protection rights over that land and the imposition of restrictive or other covenants under paragraph (6).
(3) Without affecting the powers included in article 16(1)(b) (power to acquire land) Network Rail may as respects the land referred to in paragraph 1(b) acquire railway protection rights over that land and impose restrictive or other covenants under paragraph (6).
(4) Where Network Rail acquires railway protection rights over land to which this article applies or imposes a covenant under paragraph (6) affecting the land, it is not required to acquire a greater interest in the land or any other interest in any part of it.
(5) In this article “railway protection rights” means—
(a)rights to construct railway protection works on land or buildings on that land the purpose of which is to secure the safe operation of the authorised works or to prevent or minimise the risk of such operation being disrupted; and
(b)rights to maintain such railway protection works referred to in sub-paragraph (a).
(6) In addition to acquiring railway protection rights over the land referred to in paragraphs 1(a) and 1(b), Network Rail may impose such restrictive or other covenants affecting the land as may be required for the purposes of—
(a)maintaining or protecting the railway protection works referred to in paragraph (5)(a); and
(b)securing the safe operation of the authorised works or to prevent or minimise the risk of such operation being disrupted.