PART 5POWERS OF ACQUISITION AND POSSESSION

Compulsory acquisition of land

24.—(1) The undertaker may acquire compulsorily so much of the Order land as is required for the authorised development, or to facilitate it, or is incidental to it, or is required as replacement land.

(2) This article is subject to article 27(2) (compulsory acquisition of rights and imposition of restrictive covenants), article 26 (time limit for exercise of authority to acquire land compulsorily), article 33(9) (temporary use of land for carrying out the authorised development), article 36 (statutory undertakers) and article 39 (Crown rights).