Prospective

PART 11 E+W HIGHWAYS

CHAPTER 1 E+W HIGHWAYS AFFECTED BY DEVELOPMENT

Further powers where orders are made by the Welsh Ministers E+W

291 Ending of rights of statutory undertakers and network operators E+W

(1) In relation to a highway that is stopped up or diverted in pursuance of an order under section 280 or 281, sections 314 and 315 and Part 1 of Schedule 18 (ending rights of statutory undertakers and electronic communications code network operators) apply as if—

(a) references to land of which there has been a relevant acquisition were references to the land over which the highway subsisted;

(b) references to the authority that acquired or appropriated the land were references to the person entitled to possession of the land;

(c) references in section 315(3) and paragraph 1(3)(c) of Schedule 18 to a local authority or statutory undertaker included any person (other than a government department) who is entitled to possession of that land.

(2) Subsection (1) does not apply in relation to land forming the site of a highway in respect of which opencast planning permission (within the meaning given by section 51 of the Opencast Coal Act 1958 (c. 69)) has been granted.

Commencement Information

I1 S. 291 not in force at Royal Assent, see s. 409(2)