Commentary on provisions of the Act Powers in relation to land: supplementary Schedule 9: Powers in relation to land: special provisions relating to statutory undertakers
Part 1 of the Schedule makes further provision about the assessment and amount of compensation payable to a statutory undertaker affected by a right created under an order under section 39 or 41 in relation to land held by the statutory undertaker for carrying on its undertaking.
	Part 2 relates to orders or directions made under section 39 or section 41 which affect a statutory undertaking.
	Paragraph 4 enables the Secretary of State to make an order (on the request of a person carrying out a statutory undertaking) extending or modifying the powers of the statutory undertaker, including giving the statutory undertaker power to acquire land or build things.
	Paragraph 5 allows the Secretary of State to make an order relieving a statutory undertaker from an obligation if fulfilling the obligation is impracticable as the result of an order made under section 39 or section 41.
	Paragraphs 6 and 7 set out notice requirements and what happens if there is an objection to a proposed order to modify the functions of a statutory undertaker.
	Paragraph 8 provides that some orders under this Schedule are subject to special parliamentary procedure. The special procedure order is laid before Parliament and objectors have 21 days to deposit petitions against the order or deposit amendments.
	Paragraph 9 provides a power of entry to carry out a survey and paragraph 10 makes provision for compensation payable as a consequence of entering the land or carrying out the survey.