Section 99: Compulsory acquisition of land for development etc

Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004 · 2004 c. 5View on legislation.gov.uk

Part 8: Compulsory purchase

Section 226 of the principal Act (compulsory acquisition of land for development and other planning purposes) is amended as follows.

In subsection (1)—

the first "which" is omitted;
for paragraph (a) there is substituted the following paragraph—aif the authority think that the acquisition will facilitate the carrying out of development, re-development or improvement on or in relation to the land,;
in paragraph (b) at the beginning there is inserted ." which "

After subsection (1) there is inserted the following subsection—

Subsection (2) is omitted.

Nothing in this section affects a compulsory purchase order made before the commencement of this section.

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