17.—(1) Subject to the provisions of this article, all private rights of way over land subject to compulsory acquisition under this Order shall be 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) of the 1965 Act (power of entry).
(2) Subject to the provisions of this article, all private rights of way over land owned by the undertaker which, being within the limits of land which may be acquired shown on the land plan, is required for the purposes of this Order shall be extinguished on the appropriation of the land by the undertaker for any of those purposes.
(3) Any person who suffers loss by the extinguishment or suspension of any private right of way under this article shall be entitled to compensation to be determined, in case of dispute, under Part 1 of the 1961 Act.
(4) This article does not apply in relation to any right of way to which section 138 of the 2008 Act (extinguishment of rights, and removal of apparatus, of statutory undertakers etc.) or article 22 (statutory undertakers) applies.
(5) Paragraphs (1) to (3) shall have effect subject to—
(a)any notice given by the undertaker before—
(i)the completion of the acquisition of the land,
(ii)the undertaker’s appropriation of it,
(iii)the undertaker’s entry onto it, or
(iv)the undertaker’s taking temporary possession of it, that any or all of those paragraphs shall not apply to any right of way specified in the notice; and
(b)any agreement made at any time between the undertaker and the person in or to whom the right of way in question is vested or belongs.
(6) If any such agreement as is referred to in paragraph (5)(b)—
(a)is made with a person in or to whom the right of way 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 shall be effective in respect of the persons so deriving title, whether the title was derived before or after the making of the agreement.