PART 2ACQUISITION AND POSSESSION OF LAND

Supplementary

Extinction or suspension of private rights of way13.

(1)

All private rights of way over land subject to compulsory acquisition under this Order are extinguished—

(a)

as from the date of acquisition of the land by the undertaker, whether compulsorily or by agreement; or

(b)

on the date of entry on the land by the undertaker under section 11(1) (powers of entry) of the 1965 Act13,

whichever is the sooner.

(2)

In respect of land owned by the undertaker and required for the purposes of this Order all private rights of way are extinguished on the appropriation of the land for any of those purposes by the undertaker.

(3)

All private rights of way over land of which the undertaker takes temporary possession under this Order are suspended and unenforceable for as long as the undertaker remains in lawful possession of the land.

(4)

Any person who suffers loss by the extinguishment or suspension of any private right of way under this article is entitled to compensation to be determined, in case of dispute, under Part 1 of the 1961 Act.

(5)

This article does not apply in relation to any right of way to which section 271 or 272 of the Town and Country Planning Act 199014 (extinguishment of rights of statutory undertakers, etc.) or paragraph 2 of Schedule 9 (provisions relating to statutory undertakers, etc.) to the 2008 Order, as applied by article 15 (application of provisions of the 2008 Order), applies.