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Interpretation<br />
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<strong>Law</strong> of Property Bill<br />
Part 1 — Attaching obligations to l<strong>and</strong><br />
14 Construction of statutory references to interests, or rights, in or over l<strong>and</strong><br />
(1) Any reference in an existing enactment to interests, or rights, in or over l<strong>and</strong>,<br />
unless expressed to be limited to interests or rights of a particular kind, is to be<br />
read as including obligations imposed under section 1.<br />
(2) Any reference in an existing enactment to incumbrances affecting l<strong>and</strong>, unless<br />
expressed to be limited to incumbrances of a particular kind, is to be read as<br />
including obligations imposed under section 1.<br />
(3) References in this section to an existing enactment are to an enactment<br />
contained in—<br />
(a) an Act passed before the date on which this Act is passed, or<br />
(b) an instrument made under an Act before that date.<br />
15 Interpretation of Part<br />
In this Part—<br />
“apportionment arrangement”, in relation to a positive obligation<br />
imposed under section 1, means an arrangement about the allocation of<br />
responsibility for performance of the obligation;<br />
“burdened estate”, in relation to an obligation imposed under section 1,<br />
means the estate in l<strong>and</strong> by virtue of the ownership of which the<br />
obligation was imposed;<br />
“burdened l<strong>and</strong>”, in relation to an obligation imposed under section 1,<br />
means the l<strong>and</strong>, or any part of the l<strong>and</strong>, burdened by the obligation at<br />
the time of imposition;<br />
“negative”, in relation to an obligation imposed under section 1, means of<br />
a kind mentioned in subsection (3)(a) of that section;<br />
“positive”, in relation to an obligation imposed under section 1, means of<br />
a kind mentioned in subsection (3)(b), (c) or (d) of that section;<br />
“reciprocal payment obligation” means an obligation of a kind mentioned<br />
in section 1(3)(c) (as to which see section 1(5));<br />
“related obligation”, in relation to a reciprocal payment obligation, means<br />
the obligation whose performance gives rise to liability to pay an<br />
amount under the reciprocal payment obligation.<br />
PART 2<br />
EASEMENTS, PROFITS AND OBLIGATIONS UNDER SECTION 1<br />
Prescription<br />
16 Acquisition of easements by long use<br />
(1) Qualifying use of l<strong>and</strong> for a continuous period of 20 years has effect to create<br />
an easement in relation to that use.<br />
(2) An easement created by virtue of this section is—<br />
(a) for an interest equivalent to an estate in fee simple absolute in<br />
possession, <strong>and</strong><br />
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