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(a) for the words "land is acquired or taken" there shall be substituted the words "a right over land is purchased", and

(b) for the words "acquired or taken from him" there shall be substituted the words "over which the right is exercisable".

    (3) In section 58(1) (determination of material detriment where part of house etc. proposed for compulsory acquisition), as it applies to determinations under section 8 of the 1965 Act as substituted by paragraph 5 below-

(a) for the word "part" in paragraphs (a) and (b) there shall be substituted the words "a right over land consisting",

(b) for the word "severance" there shall be substituted the words "right over the whole of the house, building or manufactory or of the house and the park or garden",

(c) for the words "part proposed" there shall be substituted the words "right proposed", and

(d) for the words "part is" there shall be substituted the words "right is".

Adaptation of the 1965 Act

     3.  - (1) The 1965 Act shall have effect with the modifications necessary to make it apply to the compulsory acquisition under this Order of a right by the creation of a new right as it applies to the compulsory acquisition under this Order of land, so that, in appropriate contexts, references in that Act to land are to be read (according to the requirements of the particular context) as referring to, or as including references to-

(a) the right acquired or to be acquired, or

(b) the land over which the right is or is to be exercisable.

    (2) Without prejudice to the generality of sub-paragraph (1) above, Part I of the 1965 Act shall apply in relation to the compulsory acquisition under this Order of a right by the creation of a new right with the modifications specified in the following provisions of this Schedule.

     4. For section 7 of the 1965 Act (measure of compensation) there shall be substituted the following section-

     " 7. In assessing the compensation to be paid by the acquiring authority under this Order regard shall be had not only to the extent (if any) to which the value of the land over which the right is to be acquired is depreciated by the acquisition of the right but also to the damage (if any) to be sustained by the owner of the land by reason of its severance from other land of his, or injuriously affecting that other land by the exercise of the powers conferred by this or the special Act."

     5. For section 8 of the 1965 Act (which relates to cases in which a vendor cannot be required to sell part only of a building or garden) there shall be substituted the following-

     " 8.  - (1) Where in consequence of the service on a person under section 5 of this Act of a notice to treat in respect of a right over land consisting of a house, building or manufactory or of a park or garden belonging to a house ("the relevant land")-


(a) a question of disputed compensation in respect of the purchase of the right would apart from this section fall to be determined by the Lands Tribunal ("the tribunal"); and

(b) before the tribunal has determined that question the person satisfies the tribunal that he has in interest which he is able and willing to sell in the whole of the relevant land and-


(i) where that land consists of a house, building or manufactory, that the right cannot be purchased without material detriment to that land, or

(ii) where that land consists of such a park or garden, that the right cannot be purchased without seriously affecting the amenity or convenience of the house to which that land belongs,



the Railtrack (Leeds Bridges) Order 1999 ("the Order") shall, in relation to that person, cease to authorise the purchase of the right and be deemed to authorise the purchase of that person's interest in the whole of the relevant land including, where the land consists of such a park or garden, the house to which it belongs, and the notice shall be deemed to have been served in respect of that interest on such date as the tribunal directs.



    (2) Any question as to the extent of the land in which the Order is deemed to authorise the purchase of an interest by virtue of subsection (1) of this section shall be determined by the tribunal.

    (3) Where in consequence of a determination of the tribunal that it is satisfied as mentioned in subsection (1) of this section the Order is deemed by virtue of that subsection to authorise the purchase of an interest in land, the acquiring authority may, at any time within the period of six weeks beginning with the date of the determination, withdraw the notice to treat in consequence of which the determination was made; but nothing in this subsection prejudices any other power of the authority to withdraw the notice."

     6. The following provisions of the 1965 Act (which state the effect of a deed poll executed in various circumstances where there is no conveyance by persons with interests in the land), that is to say-

(a) section 9(4) (failure by owners to convey),

(b) paragraph 10(3) of Schedule 1 (owners under incapacity),

(c) paragraph 2(3) of Schedule 2 (absent and untraced owners), and

(d) paragraphs 2(3) and 7(2) of Schedule 4 (common land),

shall be so modified as to secure that, as against persons with interests in the land which are expressed to be overridden by the deed, the right which is to be compulsorily acquired is vested absolutely in the acquiring authority.

     7. Section 11 of the 1965 Act (powers of entry) shall be so modified as to secure that, as from the date on which the acquiring authority have served notice to treat in respect of any right, they have power, exercisable in the like circumstances and subject to the like conditions, to enter for the purpose of exercising that right (which shall be deemed for this purpose to have been created on the date of service of the notice); and sections 12 (penalty for unauthorised entry) and 13 (entry on warrant in the event of obstruction) of the 1965 Act shall be modified correspondingly.

     8. Section 20 of the 1965 Act (protection for interests of tenants at will etc.) shall apply with the modifications necessary to secure that persons with such interests in land as are mentioned in that section are compensated in a manner corresponding to that in which they would be compensated on a compulsory acquisition under this Order of that land, but taking into account only the extent (if any) of such interference with such an interest as is actually caused, or likely to be caused, by the exercise of the right in question.

     9. Section 22 of the 1965 Act (protection of acquiring authority's possession where by inadvertence an estate, right or interest has not been got in) shall be so modified as to enable the acquiring authority, in circumstances corresponding to those referred to in that section, to continue to be entitled to exercise the right acquired, subject to compliance with that section as respects compensation.

"the 1990 Act" means the Town and Country Planning Act 1990[20];

"public telecommunications operator" means-

(a) a person authorised, by a licence to which section 9 of the Telecommunications Act 1984[21] applies, to run a public telecommunications system, or

(b) a person to whom the telecommunications code has been applied pursuant to section 10 of that Act; and

"public utility undertakers" has the same meaning as in the Highways Act 1980[22].

(a) remove the apparatus and place it or other apparatus provided in substitution for it in such other position as the utility may reasonably determine and have power to place it, or

(b) provide other apparatus in substitution for the existing apparatus and place it in such position as aforesaid.

    (3) The allowable costs of the relocation works shall be determined in accordance with section 85 of the Street Works Act (sharing of cost of necessary measures) and any regulations for the time being having effect under that section, and shall be borne by Railtrack and the statutory utility in such proportions as may be prescribed by any such regulations.

    (4) In this paragraph-

"apparatus" has the same meaning as in Part III of the Street Works Act;

"relocation works" means works executed, or apparatus provided, under sub-paragraph (2) above; and

"statutory utility" means a statutory undertaker for the purposes of the Highways Act 1980 or a public telecommunications operator as defined in paragraph 1(6) above.

(a) in the case of an electricity undertaker, electric lines or electrical plant (as defined in the Electricity Act 1989[23]) belonging to or maintained by that undertaker;

(b) in the case of a gas undertaker, any mains, pipes or other apparatus belonging to or maintained by a public gas transporter for the purposes of gas supply; and

(c) in the case of a water undertaker, mains, pipes or other apparatus belonging to or maintained by that undertaker for the purposes of water supply;

(not being, except in paragraph (2) below, apparatus in respect of which the relations between Railtrack and the undertakers are regulated by the provisions of Part III of the Street Works Act) and includes any structure in which apparatus is or is to be lodged or which gives or will give access to apparatus;

"functions" includes powers and duties;

"in" in a context referring to apparatus or alternative apparatus in land includes a reference to apparatus or alternative apparatus under, over or upon land; and

"undertaker" means any of the following, namely, a licence holder within the meaning of Part I of the Electricity Act 1989, a public gas transporter within the meaning of Part I of the Gas Act 1986[24] and a water undertaker within the meaning of the Water Industry Act 1991[25]; and, in relation to any apparatus, means the undertaker to whom it belongs or by whom it is maintained.

    (3) The provisions of Schedule 6 to this Order shall not apply in relation to apparatus to which this Part of this Schedule applies.

     2. Notwithstanding the temporary stopping up or diversion of any highway pursuant to article 9 of this Order, an undertaker shall be at liberty at all times to execute and do all such works and things in, upon or under any such highway as may be reasonably necessary or desirable to enable it to maintain, or use any apparatus which at the time of the stopping up or diversion was in that highway.

     3. Notwithstanding anything in this Order or shown on the deposited plans Railtrack shall not acquire any apparatus otherwise than by agreement.

     4.  - (1) If, in the exercise of the powers of this Order, Railtrack acquire any interest in any land in which any apparatus is placed, that apparatus shall not be removed under this Part of this Schedule and any right of an undertaker to maintain that apparatus in that land shall not be extinguished until alternative apparatus has been constructed and is in operation to the reasonable satisfaction of the undertaker in question.

    (2) If, for the purpose of executing any works in, on or under any land purchased, held, appropriated or used under this Order, Railtrack require the removal of any apparatus placed in that land, they shall give to the undertaker in question written notice of that requirement, together with a plan and section of the work proposed, and of the proposed position of the alternative apparatus to be provided or constructed and in that case (or if in consequence of the exercise of any of the powers of this Order an undertaker reasonably needs to remove any of its apparatus) Railtrack shall, subject to sub-paragraph (3) below, afford to the undertaker the necessary facilities and rights for the construction of alternative apparatus in other land of Railtrack and thereafter for the maintenance of that apparatus.

    (3) If alternative apparatus or any part of such apparatus is to be constructed elsewhere than in other land of Railtrack, or Railtrack are unable to afford such facilities and rights as are mentioned in sub-paragraph (2) above, in the land in which the alternative apparatus or part of such apparatus is to be constructed, the undertaker in question shall, on receipt of a written notice to that effect from Railtrack, forthwith use its best endeavours to obtain the necessary facilities and rights in the land in which the alternative apparatus is to be constructed.

    (4) Any alternative apparatus to be constructed in land of Railtrack under this Part of this Schedule shall be constructed in such manner and in such line or situation as may be agreed between the undertaker in question and Railtrack or in default of agreement settled by arbitration pursuant to article 30.

    (5) The undertaker in question shall, after the alternative apparatus to be provided or constructed has been agreed or settled by arbitration in accordance with article 30 above, and after the grant to the undertaker of any such facilities and rights as are referred to in sub-paragraph (2) or (3) above, proceed with all reasonable dispatch to construct and bring into operation the alternative apparatus and thereafter to remove any apparatus required by Railtrack to be removed under the provisions of this Part of this Schedule.

    (6) Notwithstanding anything in sub-paragraph (5) above, if Railtrack give notice in writing to the undertaker in question that they desire themselves to execute any part of so much of the work necessary in connection with the construction of the alternative apparatus, or the removal of the apparatus required to be removed, as will take place in any land of Railtrack, that work, in lieu of being executed by the undertaker, shall be executed by Railtrack with all reasonable dispatch under the superintendence, if given, and to the reasonable satisfaction of the undertaker.

    (7) Nothing in sub-paragraph (6) above shall authorise Railtrack to execute the actual placing, installation, bedding, packing, removal, connection or disconnection of any apparatus, or execute any filling around the apparatus (where the apparatus is laid in a trench) within 300 millimetres of the apparatus.

[20] 1990 c. 8.back

[21] 1984 c. 12.back

[22] 1980 c. 66.back

[23] 1989 c. 29.back

[24] 1986 c. 44. A new section 7 was substituted by section 5 of the Gas Act 1995 c. 45.back

[25] 1991 c. 56.back