Commentary on provisions of the Act Extinction and exclusion of rights over land Section 14: Exclusion of new rights of way
Section 14 prevents rights of way from being acquired by prescription or user over land which forms an access or approach to any railway infrastructure (as defined in subsection (3)) and which is acquired or held for Phase One purposes. Prescription is the legal process of a right of way becoming established through use over a period of at least 20 years.