Section 3: Acquisition by agreement in pursuance of compulsory purchase order.

Compulsory Purchase Act 1965 · 1965 c.56

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

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It shall be lawful for the acquiring authority to agree with the owners of any of the land subject to compulsory purchase, and with all parties having an estate or interest in any of the land, or who are by Schedule 1 to this Act or any other enactment enabled to sell and convey or release any of that land, for the absolute purchase, for a consideration in money or money's worth, of any of that land, and of all estates and interests in the land.

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