PART 12STATUTORY UNDERTAKERS ETC.

Compensation

320Rights to compensation for ending rights over land etc.

(1)

Where, by virtue of section 315—

(a)

a right to which a statutory undertaker is entitled is extinguished, or

(b)

a requirement is imposed on a statutory undertaker,

the undertaker is entitled, on making a claim to the authority that acquired or appropriated the land to which the right or requirement relates, to be paid compensation by the authority in accordance with section 321.

(2)

Where, by virtue of section 315—

(a)

a right to which an operator of an electronic communications code network is entitled is extinguished, or

(b)

a requirement is imposed on such an operator,

the operator is entitled, on making a claim to the authority that acquired or appropriated the land to which the right or requirement relates, to be paid compensation by the authority in accordance with section 321.

(3)

Where—

(a)

works are carried out for the removal or re-siting of a statutory undertaker’s apparatus, and

(b)

the undertaker has the right to carry out those works by virtue of section 316 or an order made under that section,

the undertaker is entitled, on making a claim to the authority that acquired or appropriated the land on which the apparatus was situated, to be paid compensation by the authority in accordance with section 321.