96Dedication as highway

96 Dedication as highway

(1)  If a sealed plan shows provision for widening or deviating a way on, or adjoining, land comprised in the plan, an obligation runs with that land to dedicate it as a highway if required to do so by the highway authority.

(2)  If the highway authority requires a dedication under subsection (1) , it must tender an amount in compensation.

(3)  If the owner does not accept the amount tendered, the owner must dedicate the land and is entitled to compensation as agreed between the owner and the highway authority.

(4)  If there is no agreement under subsection (3) , the compensation payable to the owner is to be determined as if it were a disputed claim for compensation under the Land Acquisition Act 1993 .

(5)  Compensation payable to the owner under subsection (4) is to be determined as at the date on which the plan was sealed.