Acquisition of Land Act 1981

The Acquisition of Land Act 1981 (c. 67) is an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, which concerns English land law and compulsory purchase.

Provisions The act regulates the conditions for granting a "Compulsory Purchase Order" in the UK.

Repealed enactments Section 34(3) of the act repealed 61 enactments, listed in parts I and II of schedule 6 to the act, and revoked 6 instruments, listed in part III of schedule 6 to the act. +Part ICitationShort titleExtent of repeal9 & 10 Geo. 6. c. 49Acquisition of Land (Authorisation Procedure) Act 1946The whole act except sections 6(1) and 10 and Schedule 4.10 & 11 Geo. 6. c. 41Fire Services Act 1947In section 3(5) the words from "as if" to the end of the subsection.In section 8(3) the words " The Acquisition of Land (Authorisation Procedure) Act 1946 and " and the words " in the said Act of 1946 and ".10 & 11 Geo. 6. c. 48Agriculture Act 1947In section 92(1) the words from " and that Act" to the end of the subsection.10 & 11 Geo. 6. c. 51Town and Country Planning Act 1947Section 49(8).In section 119(1) the definitions of " land " and " local authority ".In Schedule 8 the amendments of the Acquisition of Land (Authorisation Procedure) Act 1946.10 & 11 Geo. 6. c. 54Electricity Act 1947In section 9, in subsection (1) the words from " as if" to the end of the subsection.11 & 12 Geo. 6. c. 22Water Act 1948In the Schedule, in paragraph 8(1) the words from "the Act of 1946" to "and the expression ".12, 13 & 14 Geo. 6. c. 67Civil Aviation Act 1949In section 19(2A) the words from " as if" to the end of the subsection.In section 23(3) the words from " as if" to the end of the proviso.12, 13 & 14 Geo. 6. c. 74Coast Protection Act 1949In section 14(1) the words " as if this Act had been in force immediately before the commencement of that Act".12, 13 & 14 Geo. 6. c. 97National Parks and Access to the Countryside Act 1949In section 103 subsections (2) and (4) and in subsection (6) the words from " and the provisions" to the end of the subsection.14 & 15 Geo. 6. c. 60Mineral Workings Act 1951In section 17(3) the words from "as if" to the end of the subsection.15 & 16 Geo. 6 & 1 Eliz. 2. c. 52Prison Act 1952In section 36(2) the words from "as if" to the end of the subsection.15 & 16 Geo. 6 & 1 Eliz. 2. c. 54Town Development Act 1952In section 6(4) the words from "as if" to the end of the subsection.1953 c. 49Historic Buildings and Ancient Monuments Act 1953In section 20 paragraph (a).2 & 3 Eliz. 2. c. 32Atomic Energy Act 1954In section 5(1) the words from " as if " to " commencement thereof".4 & 5 Eliz. 2. c. 16Food and Drugs Act 1955In section 130(3) the words from " as if" to the end of the subsection.4 & 5 Eliz. 2. c. 59Underground Works (London) Act 1956In section 6(6) the words from " and that Act" to the end of the subsection.5 & 6 Eliz. 2. c. 56Housing Act 1957In Schedule 1, in paragraph 1(1), the words "as if this Act had been in force immediately before the commencement of that Act".In Schedule 7, in paragraph 1(1), the words "as if this Act had been in force immediately before the commencement of that Act".6 & 7 Eliz. 2. c. 69Opencast Coal Act 1958Section 4(5).Section 16(5).In section 47(2) the words from "(including" to "this Act)".In section 51(1) the definition of " the Acquisition of Land Act".In Schedule 2 Part I.In Schedule 10 paragraph 7.8 & 9 Eliz. 2. c. 62Caravan Sites and Control of Development Act 1960In section 24(6) the words from "as if" to the end of the subsection.9 & 10 Eliz. 2. c. 33Land Compensation Act 1961In Schedule 4 paragraphs 6 and 7.10 & 11 Eliz. 2. c. 46Transport Act 1962In section 15, in subsection (1) the words from " as if" to " that Act".1963 c. 33London Government Act 1963In Schedule 17 paragraph 8.1963 c. 38Water Resources Act 1963In section 65(3) the words from " and accordingly" to the end of the subsection.Section 71(5).In Schedule 8 paragraph 17.1964 c. 48Police Act 1964In section 9(3) the words " and the Acquisition of Land (Authorisation Procedure) Act 1946 ".1965 c. 36Gas Act 1965In section 12(1) the words from " and Part I" to the end of the subsection.In section 13(2) the words from " and Part I" to the end of the subsection.In section 13(3) the words " and Part I of Schedule 4 to this Act shall apply in relation to the compulsory purchase ".In Schedule 4 paragraphs 1 and 2.1965 c. 56Compulsory Purchase Act 1965In section 1, in subsections (2) and (3) the words " under the Act of 1946 ".In Schedule 7 the amendment of the Agriculture Act 1947.1967 c. 22Agriculture Act 1967In section 51(7) the words from "as if" to "commencement of that Act".In Schedule 5, in paragraph 7(1) the words from " Acquisition of Land" where they first occur to " case may be ", paragraph 7(2) and in paragraph 7(3) the words from the beginning to " public local inquiries)".1967 c. 76Road Traffic Regulation Act 1967In section 30(1) the words from " as if " to " commencement of that Act".1968 c. 41Countryside Act 1968In Part I of Schedule 3 the entry relating to the Acquisition of Land (Authorisation Procedure) Act 1946 (that is, all between the entries relating to the Water Act 1945 and the Highways Act 1959).1968 c. 72Town and Country Planning Act 1968Section 31.Section 59.1969 c. 33Housing Act 1969In section 32(2) the words from "as if" to the end of the subsection.1969 c. 48Post Office Act 1969In section 55(1) the words from "as if" to the end of the subsection.In Schedule 4, in paragraph 93 sub-paragraphs (1)(iv) and (2)(iv).1971 c. 75Civil Aviation Act 1971In Schedule 5 paragraph 5(b).1971 c. 78Town and Country Planning Act 1971In section 112(4) the words from "and accordingly" to the end of the subsection.In section 113(3) the words from " as it applies " to the end of the subsection.In section 114(5) the words from " and accordingly " to the end of the subsection.In section 218(2) the words from " and accordingly " to the end of the subsection.Section 229.In Schedule 23 the amendment of the Town and Country Planning Act 1968.1972 c. 60Gas Act 1972In Schedule 2, in paragraph 5 the words " The Act of 1946 and ", and paragraphs 6 to 11.1972 c. 70Local Government Act 1972In section 121(4) the words from " as if" to the end of the subsection.In section 125(4) the words from " as if that subsection " to " commencement of that Act ".1973 c. 26Land Compensation Act 1973Section 64.1974 c. 3Slaughterhouses Act 1974In section 30(2) the words from " as if" to the end of the subsection.1974 c. 44Housing Act 1974In section 3(4) the words from "as if" (where they first occur) to the end of the subsection.In section 43(2) the words from "as if" to the end of the subsection.1975 c. 56Coal Industry Act 1975In Schedule 3 paragraph 10.1975 c. 64Iron and Steel Act 1975In section 9(1) the words from "as if" to the end of the subsection.1975 c. 70Welsh Development Agency Act 1975In section 22(5) the words from "as if" to the end of the subsection.1975 c. 78Airports Authority Act 1975In section 17(1) the words from " as if" to the end of the subsection.In section 19(1) the entry relating to the Acquisition of Land (Authorisation Procedure) Act 1946.1976 c. 57Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1976In section 13, in subsection (2) the words from the beginning to " 1946 and", subsection (3)(a) and in subsection (3)(b) the words from " (which relates " to " Act of 1946) ".In Schedule 1 Part I.1976 c. 70Land Drainage Act 1976In section 37(2) the words from "as if" to the end of the subsection.1976 c. 75Development of Rural Wales Act 1976In section 6, in subsection (2) the words (following paragraph (b)) from " and for the purpose " to the end of the subsection, in subsection (6) the words from the beginning to " 1946 and", subsection (7)(a) and in subsection (7)(b) the words from " (which relates " to " Act of 1946) ".In Schedule 4 Part I.1976 c. 80Rent (Agriculture) Act 1976In Schedule 8 paragraph 3.1977 c. 42Rent Act 1977In Schedule 23 paragraph 11.1978 c. 3Refuse Disposal (Amenity) Act 1978In section 7 the words from "as if" to the end of the section.1979 c. 46Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Areas Act 1979In section 10(2) the words from " as it" to the end of the subsection.In section 16(9) the words from " as it" to the end of the subsection.1980 c. 65Local Government, Planning and Land Act 1980In section 104(3) the words from " as if" to the end of the subsection.In section 120(1) in paragraph (a) the words from " 6th April 1976 " to " Scotland ", and in paragraph (6) the words from " the Peak " to " Planning Board ".In section 120(2) the words " the Act of 1946 or, as the case may be " and the words " the National Trust or ".Section 120(3), except for the definition of " statutory undertakers", and in paragraph (b) of that definition the words " the Town and Country Planning Act 1971 or".In section 120(5) the words " in section 2 of the New Towns Act 1965 or ".In section 142(3) the words " The 1946 Act and " and in paragraph (a) the words " the 1946 Act or (as the case may be)".In section 143(4) the words " The 1946 Act and " and the words " the 1946 Act or (as the case may be) ".In Schedule 17, in paragraph 5 the entry (in both columns) for section 41 of the 1975 Act.In Schedule 20 paragraph 3.In Schedule 21 paragraph 14.In Schedule 23 paragraph 1.In Schedule 28 paragraph 3, in paragraph 21(1) the words " The 1946 Act and ", paragraph 21(2)(a) and paragraph 22.1980 c. 66Highways Act 1980In section 250(4) the words " 1946 and ". In section 329(1) the definition of the "Act of 1946 ".Section 340(2)(c).In Schedule 19 Part I.1981 c. 22Animal Health Act 1981In section 55(3) the words " the Acquisition of Land (Authorisation Procedure) Act 1946 and ".1981 c. 38British Telecommunications Act 1981In Schedule 3 paragraphs 10(1)(a) and 11(1)(a).

+Part II – Spent ProvisionsCitationShort titleExtent of repeal23 & 24 Geo. 5. c. 12Children and Young Persons Act 1933Section 96(5).9 & 10 Geo. 6. c. 49Acquisition of Land (Authorisation Procedure) Act 1946In Schedule 4 the amendment of the Children and Young Persons Act 1933.10 & 11 Geo. 6. c. 41Fire Services Act 1947In section 3(5) the proviso.10 & 11 Geo. 6. c. 54Electricity Act 1947In subsections (1) and (2) of section 9 the words " (except section two thereof)".11 & 12 Geo. 6. c. 29National Assistance Act 1948Section 58.12, 13 & 14 Geo. 6. c. 26Public Works (Festival of Britain) Act 1949Section 5(7)(a).12, 13 & 14 Geo. 6. c. 67Civil Aviation Act 1949In section 28(6) the words " except section 2 thereof ".

+Part III – Statutory InstrumentsCitationTitleExtent of revocationSI 1965/145Transfer of Functions (Shipping and Construction of Ships) Order 1965In Schedule 1 the entry relating to the Acquisition of Land (Authorisation Procedure) Act 1946.SI 1965/319Secretary of State for Wales and Minister of Land and Natural Resources Order 1965In Part I of Schedule 1 the entry relating to the Acquisition of Land (Authorisation Procedure) Act 1946.SI 1967/486Transfer of Functions (Miscellaneous) Order 1967In Schedule 2 the amendment of the Acquisition of Land (Authorisation Procedure) Act 1946.SI 1969/388Transfer of Functions (Wales) Order 1969Article 4(1)(c).SI 1970/1681Secretary of State for the Environment Order 1970In Schedule 3 paragraph 15.SI 1976/1775Secretary of State for Transport Order 1976In Schedule 2 paragraph 4.

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