PART VLAND ACQUISITION AND COMPENSATION
CHAPTER IACQUISITION AND DISPOSAL OF LAND
Extinguishment of public rights of way88D
1
Where the Executive considers it necessary or expedient to do so, the Executive may submit to the Department an order (an “extinguishment order”) to extinguish any public right of way existing over land which the Executive has acquired or proposes to acquire.
2
An extinguishment order shall not have effect until approved by the Department; and Article 88E shall apply with respect to that approval.
3
An extinguishment order may—
a
provide for the retention or removal of any cables, wires, mains, pipes or other apparatus placed along, across, over or under the land over which the right of way exists; and
b
provide for the extinction, modification or preservation of any rights as to the use or maintenance of such cables, wires, mains, pipes or apparatus;
and may contain such consequential, incidental and supplementary provisions as appear to the Executive to be necessary or expedient for the purposes of the order.
4
Where the Department approves an extinguishment order, the Executive shall—
a
meet the costs of any works which by any provision of the order any person is required to carry out; and
b
pay compensation in respect of the extinction or modification by the order of any right of any person.
5
Any question of disputed compensation arising under this Article shall be referred to and determined by the Lands Tribunal.
6
An extinguishment order approved in advance of the acquisition of land by the Executive shall not have effect earlier than the date on which the land is acquired.