A wayleave is best described as the right to do what?

• A. To prevent certain activities on the land.
• B. To grant rights to install utilities across land.
• C. To transfer ownership of land.
• D. To grant exclusive possession to a tenant.

Answer: (B)

A wayleave is a formal permission that a landowner grants to a utility company to install and maintain equipment, such as power lines or cables, across or along the land and to access the land for that purpose. It creates a non-possessory right in favor of the utility, not a transfer of ownership and not exclusive possession by the utility. This is why the description about granting rights to install utilities across land best fits. It isn’t about prohibiting activities, nor about transferring ownership, nor about giving exclusive tenancy rights.