Law of Property Act 2000
157Description of certain easements etc.
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157 Description of certain easements etc. (1) Subject to section 161, a person who is entitled to the use or benefit of a registered easement or easement in gross of a right of way is to be taken to have the rights specified in Part A of Schedule 3.
Law of Property Act 2000 106 (2) Subject to section 161, a person who is entitled to the use and benefit of a registered easement or easement in gross described in Column 1 of Part B of Schedule 3 has: (a) the use or benefit of the easement or easement in gross for the purpose specified opposite in Column 2 of Part B of the Schedule; and (b) whether by the person or by his or her agents or employees, the powers specified opposite in Column 3 of Part B of the Schedule. (3) Subsections (1) and (2) do not limit the powers a person has because of the entitlement to the use or benefit of a registered easement or easement in gross under any other law in force in the (4) In establishing the ownership of a pipe, duct, wire, pole or other thing to which an easement or an easement in gross referred to in subsection (2) relates and that is attached to or constructed through, under, on, across or above land for a purpose specified in Column 2 of Part B of Schedule 3, the pipe, duct, wire, pole or other thing is not to be taken to be a fixture of the land. (5) This section applies to easements and easements in gross created after this Act commences.