Section 33: Land acquired before commencement of this Act.

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

Part VI: Footpaths and Bridleways

In section 32 above "compulsory purchase order" includes—

a compulsory purchase order under the Acquisition of Land (Authorisation Procedure) Act 1946, and
an authorisation under section 2 of that Act (which was repealed by the Statute Law Revision Act 1953).

Section 32 above shall apply in relation to land acquired before the commencement of the said Act of 1946 by a local authority, being—

land acquired compulsorily under any public general Act in force immediately before the commencement of the said Act of 1946 other than—
the Light Railways Acts 1896 and 1912,
Part III of the Housing Act 1936,
the Town and Country Planning Act 1944, or
land acquired by agreement for a purpose such that the land could have been so acquired compulsorily.

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