SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 9Powers in relation to land: special provisions relating to statutory undertakers

Part 2Adjustment of the functions of statutory undertakers

Objections to order under paragraph 4

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1

Where no objection is made under paragraph 6, or all objections are withdrawn, the Secretary of State may make the relevant order.

2

If an objection is made under paragraph 6 and not withdrawn—

a

in the case of land in England and Wales, subsections (3) to (11) of section 278 of the 1990 Act (objections to orders under sections 275 and 277 of that Act) have effect —

i

in relation to an order under paragraph 4, as if it were an order under section 275 of that Act;

ii

in relation to an order under paragraph 5, as if it were an order under section 277 of that Act;

b

in the case of land in Scotland, subsections (3) to (10) of section 231 of the 1997 Act (objections to orders under sections 228 and 230 of that Act) have effect—

i

in relation to an order under paragraph 4, as if it were an order under section 228 of that Act;

ii

in relation to an order under paragraph or 5, as if it were an order under section 230 of that Act;

c

subject to those provisions, the Secretary of State may make the relevant order.