273Ending of rights relating to land acquired compulsorily under this Part(1)

On the completion of a compulsory acquisition of land under section 263 or 271—

(a)

all private rights of way over the land are extinguished,

(b)

all rights to install, keep or maintain apparatus on the land are extinguished, and

(c)

the acquiring authority becomes entitled to any apparatus on the land.

(2)

Subsection (1) does not apply to—

(a)

any right to which a statutory undertaker is entitled, or any apparatus belonging to a statutory undertaker, for the purpose of carrying on its undertaking (but see sections 314 and 315),

(b)

any right conferred by or in accordance with the electronic communications code on the operator of an electronic communications code network, or any electronic communications apparatus installed for the purposes of such a network (but see sections 314 and 315), or

(c)

any right or apparatus specified by the acquiring authority in a direction given before the completion of the acquisition.

(3)

Subsection (1) is subject to any agreement (whether made before or after the completion of the acquisition) between the acquiring authority and the person who is entitled to the right or to whom the apparatus belongs.

(4)

Any person who suffers loss by the extinguishment of a right or the transfer of apparatus under this section is entitled to be paid compensation by the acquiring authority.

(5)

Compensation under this section is to be determined in accordance with the Land Compensation Act 1961 (c. 33).