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

Acquisition of Land Act 1981 · 1981 c. 67View on legislation.gov.uk

Part V: Procedure in Special Cases

This section applies to a compulsory purchase order under—

the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 or the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 or Part 3 of the Historic Environment (Wales) Act 2023,
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section 142 or 143 of the Local Government, Planning and Land Act1980 (acquisition by urban development corporation),
section 207(2) of the Localism Act 2011 (acquisition by Mayoral development corporation), or
section 21A of, and Schedule 4 to, the Welsh Development Agency Act 1975,

being a compulsory purchase order authorising the acquisition of land which has been acquired by statutory undertakers for the purposes of their undertaking.

Section 16(2) of, and paragraph 3(2) of Schedule 3 to, this Act shall not apply to an order confirmed or made by the appropriate Minister jointly with the Minister or Ministers who would (apart from this subsection) have power to make or confirm it.

Where in accordance with this section a compulsory acquisition is effected under a compulsory purchase order confirmed or made without the appropriate Minister's certificate sections 280 to 282 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 (measure of compensation) shall apply in accordance with section 280(1)(c) of that Act.

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