Acquisition of Land Act 1981
Acquisition of Land Act 1981 (1981 c. 67)
- Acquisition of Land Act 1981 (1981 c. 67)
- 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.
- Part II Purchases By Local And Other Authorities
- 10 Preliminary.
- Notices prior to submission of order to confirming authority
- 11 Notices in newspapers.Public notices
- 12 Notices to owners, lessees , occupiers and others.
- 12A Final day for making objections
- Confirmation of order
- 13 Confirmation of order: no objections
- 13A Confirmation of order: remaining objections
- 13B Written representations procedure: supplementary
- 13BA Conditional confirmation
- 13C Confirmation in stages
- 13D Power to extend time limit for implementation
- 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
- Special provision about compensation
- 15A Directions applying section 14A of the Land Compensation Act 1961
- 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.
- 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 Purchases by Ministers
- Notices in newspapersPublic notices
- Notices to owners, lessees , occupiers and others
- Final day for making objections
- Making of order
- Land not included in draft order
- Notices after making of order
- SCHEDULE 2 Minerals
- Schedule 2A Enactments eligible for directions applying section 14A of the Land Compensation Act 1961
- Enactments authorising acquisitions for purposes including housing
- Enactments authorising acquisitions for purposes of the NHS
- Enactment authorising acquisitions for educational purposes
- SCHEDULE 3 Acquisition of Rights over Land by the Creation of New Rights
- Part II Acquisition of New Rights Over Special Kinds of Land
- Statutory undertakers land
- Orders subject to special parliamentary procedure
- Local authority and statutory undertakers’ land
- National Trust land
- Commons, open spaces etc.
- Ancient monuments
- Land within more than one provision in this Schedule
- Notice of giving of certificate
- SCHEDULE 4 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 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 REPEALS
- PART II SPENT PROVISIONS
- PART III STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS
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