Closure of level crossings
14.—(1) Subject to paragraphs (3) and (4) and, the level crossings listed in column (2) of Part 2 of Schedule 2 (closure of level crossings) are stopped-up and discontinued.
(2) Upon the stopping up and discontinuance of the level crossings referred to in paragraph (1)—
(a)any rights of way over those crossings are extinguished; and
(b)any public rights of way specified in column (3) of Part 2 of Schedule 2 are extinguished to the extent specified, by reference to the numbers and letters shown on the deposited plans.
(3) Any person who suffers loss by the suspension or extinguishment of any private right of way under this article is entitled to compensation to be determined, in case of dispute, as if it were a dispute under Part 1 of the 1961 Act.
(4) This article does not apply so as to extinguish the rights of statutory undertakers to maintain their apparatus.