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Section 21: Common land.

Compulsory Purchase Act 1965 · 1965 c. 56View on legislation.gov.uk

Part I: Compulsory Purchase under Acquisition of Land Act of 1946

Schedule 4 to this Act (which relates to common land) shall apply for the purposes of this Act.

The said Schedule and the other provisions of this Act relating to common land have effect—

subject to the provisions of the Inclosure Act 1852, the Inclosure Act 1854 and the Commonable Rights Compensation Act 1882 relating to the application of compensation money, and
subject to section 22 of the Commons Act 1899 (which restricts grants or inclosures of commons).

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