26.—(1) Subject to the provisions of this article, all private rights 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) M1 (power of entry) of the 1965 Act,
whichever is the earlier.
(2) Subject to the provisions of this article, all private rights over land subject to the compulsory acquisition of rights under this Order are extinguished in so far as their continuance would be inconsistent with the exercise of the right—
(a)as from the date of the acquisition of the right 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) of the 1965 Act in pursuance of the right,
whichever is the earlier.
(3) Subject to the provisions of this article, all private rights over land within the limits of land which may be acquired shown on the land plans are extinguished on the appropriation of the land by the undertaker.
(4) Subject to the provisions of this article, all private rights 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.
(5) Any person who suffers loss by the extinguishment or suspension of any private right under this article is entitled to compensation in accordance with the terms of section 152 M2 (compensation in case where no right to claim in nuisance) of the 2008 Act to be determined, in case of dispute, under Part 1 of the 1961 Act.
(6) This article does not apply in relation to any right to which section 138 M3 (extinguishment of rights, and removal of apparatus, of statutory undertakers etc.) of the 2008 Actor article 32 (statutory undertakers and operators of the electronic communications code network) applies.
(7) Paragraphs (1) to (4) have effect subject to—
(a)any notice given by the undertaker before—
(i)the completion of the acquisition of the land or the acquisition of rights over or affecting the land;
(ii)the undertaker's appropriation of the land;
(iii)the undertaker's entry onto it; or
(iv)the undertaker's taking temporary possession of it,
that any or all of those paragraphs do not apply to any right specified in the notice; or
(b)any agreement made at any time between the undertaker and the person in or to whom the right in question is vested or belongs.
(8) If any agreement referred to in paragraph (7)(b)—
(a)is made with a person in or to whom the right is vested or belongs; and
(b)is expressed to have effect also for the benefit of those deriving title from or under that person,
it is effective in respect of the persons so deriving title, whether the title was derived before or after the making of the agreement.
(9) References in this article to private rights over land include references to any trusts or incidents to which the land is subject.
Marginal Citations
M1Section 11(1) was amended by section 186(1) and (2), section 187(1) and (2) and section 188 of the Housing and Planning Act 2016 (c. 22) and section 14 of, and paragraph 12(1) of Schedule 5 to, the Church of England (Miscellaneous Provisions) Measure 2006 (2006 No 1).
M2Section 152 was amended by S.I. 2009/1307.
M3Section 138 was amended by section 23(4) of the Growth and Industry Act 2013 (c. 27) and S.I. 2017/1285.