Acquisition of Land Act 1981 (Version in vigour from 2022-11-04 to )

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a compulsory purchase to which this Act applies by virtue of any other enactment, whether or not passed or made before this Act, ora compulsory purchase under an enactment specified in subsection (2) below.(2) The enactments referred to in subsection (1) (b) above are—

section 2 of the

(3) In this section “enactment” includes any statutory instrument.(1) The authorisation of a compulsory purchase shall be conferred by an order (in this Act called a “compulsory purchase order”) .

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Acquisition of Land Act 1981
Part I: General

1: Application of Act.

Compulsory purchase

2: Procedure for authorisation.
2A: Tunnels etc
3: Minerals.
4: Assessment of compensation.

Supplemental

5: Local inquiries.
5A: Power to require information
5B: Offences relating to information
6: Service of documents.

Interpretation

7: Interpretation.
8: Statutory undertakers.
9: Land held inalienably.: For the removal of doubt it is hereby declared that any power conferred—

Part II: Purchases By Local And Other Authorities

10: Preliminary.

Notices prior to submission of order to confirming authority

11: Notices in newspapers.
12: Notices to owners, lessees , occupiers and others.

Confirmation of order

13: Confirmation of order: no objections
13A: Confirmation of order: remaining objections
13B: Written representations procedure: supplementary
13C: Confirmation in stages
14: Land not originally included in order.
14A: Confirmation by acquiring authority
14B: Timetables for confirmation of CPOs except by Welsh Ministers
14C: Timetables for confirmation of CPOs by Welsh Ministers
14D: Power to appoint inspector
15: Notices after confirmation of order

Part III: Special Kinds of Land

16: Statutory undertakers’ land excluded from compulsory purchase.

Orders subject to special parliamentary procedure

17: Local authority and statutory undertakers’ land.
18: National Trust land.
19: Commons, open spaces etc.
20: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
21: Land within more than one provision in Part III.

Supplemental

22: Notice of giving of certificate.

Part IV: Validity and Date of Operation of Orders and Certificates

23: Grounds for application to High Court.

24: Powers of the court.

25: Restriction on other court proceedings.
26: Date of operation.

27: Exclusion of orders confirmed by Act of Parliament.

Part V: Procedure in Special Cases

Compulsory acquisition of rights over land

28: Acquisition of rights over land by the creation of new rights.: Schedule 3 to this Act applies to the compulsory acquisition under this Act of rights over land by the creation of new rights by virtue of—
29: Compulsory rights orders under Opencast Coal Act 1958.
30: Acquisition of rights in connection with underground storage of gas.

Statutory undertakers’ land

31: Acquisition under certain Acts of statutory undertakers’ land without a certificate.

Part VI: Footpaths and Bridleways

32: Power to extinguish certain public rights of way.

33: Land acquired before commencement of this Act.

Part VII: Supplemental

34: Consequential amendments, transitionals and repeals.

35: Short title, commencement and extent.

SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 1 Section 2(3).
Purchases by Ministers

Notices in newspapers
Notices to owners, lessees , occupiers and others
Making of order
Land not included in draft order
Notices after making of order

SCHEDULE 2 Section 3.
Minerals

Part I
Part II
Part III

SCHEDULE 3 Section 28.
Acquisition of Rights over Land by the Creation of New Rights

Part I
Part II: Acquisition of New Rights Over Special Kinds of Land

SCHEDULE 4 Section 34.
CONSEQUENTIAL AMENDMENTS

Translation of references to the Act of 1946
Land Settlement Facilities Act 1919 (c. 59)
Agriculture Act 1947 (c. 48)
Coast Protection Act 1949 (c. 74)
National Parks and Access to the Countryside Act 1949 (c. 97)
Housing Repairs and Rents Act 1954 (c. 53)
Opencast Coal Act 1958 (c. 69)
Police Act 1964 (c. 48)
Compulsory Purchase Act 1965 (c. 56)
Agriculture Act 1967 (c. 22)
Leasehold Reform Act 1967 (c. 88)
Countryside Act 1968 (c. 41)
Transport Act 1968 (c. 73)
Courts Act 1971 (c. 23)
Gas Act 1972 (c. 60)
Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1976 (c. 57)
Development of Rural Wales Act 1976 (c. 75)
National Health Service Act 1977 (c. 49)
Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Areas Act 1979 (c. 46)
Local Government, Planning and Land Act 1980 (c. 65)
Highways Act 1980 (c. 66)
Animal Health Act 1981 (c. 22)
New Towns Act 1981 (c. 64)

SCHEDULE 5 Section 34.
Transitional

References to old law to include new law
References to new law to include old law
Periods of time
Successor authorities
Construction of enactments applying the 1946 Act
Local authority and statutory undertakers land excluded from compulsory purchase
Extinguishment of certain public rights of way

SCHEDULE 6 Section 34.
REPEALS

PART I
PART II: SPENT PROVISIONS
PART III: STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS

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