The Roads (Northern Ireland) Order 1993

Acquisition of land for purposes of functions under this Order

110.—(1) The Department may, for any purpose in connection with the performance of any of its functions under this Order, acquire by agreement or compulsorily any land including land on either side of a road or proposed road within 200 metres from the middle thereof.

(2) Without prejudice to the generality of paragraph (1), the Department may acquire under that paragraph—

(a) land adjacent to a road which is being constructed or improved by the Department if the land is required for the depositing of matter obtained in the course of constructing or improving the road;

(b) land required for the purpose of providing—

(i) service areas, being land within 200 metres of the middle of a special road;

(ii) maintenance compounds; or

(iii) parking places for vehicles under Article 104(1) of the Road Traffic Order; and

(c) land required for the purpose of providing a means of access to a road from any land, including any land which will be, or has been, deprived of a means of access to a road by the construction or improvement of a road, if it is not reasonably practical to provide that means of access otherwise than by the exercise of powers under this Article.