Canals Act, 1986

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Continuance of certain rights of Board and enjoyment of certain rights by Commissioners.

12.—(1) The Board shall continue to enjoy on and after the vesting day the same rights that it enjoyed immediately before the vesting day to—

(a) the use of any pipes, drains, wires, cables, poles or pylons above, on or under land transferred by this Act and used for the purposes of drainage, sewerage or the supply of water, electricity or gas or other services and the use of any such land for any of those purposes, and

(b) supplies of water from the canals:

provided that the Commissioners shall retain such supplies as may be necessary for navigation and the fulfilment of any obligations arising out of any agreements existing on the vesting day making provision for the supply of water from the canals.

(2) The Commissioners shall enjoy on and after the vesting day the same rights as the Board enjoyed before the vesting day to the use of any pipes, drains, wires, cables, poles or pylons above, on or under the railway property for the purposes of drainage, sewerage or the supply of water, electricity, gas or other services and the use of any such land for any of those purposes.