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- Act amendment to earlier affecting provision 1991 c. 56 s. 155(5) Sch. 9 by S.I. 2009/1307 Sch. 1 para. 222
- Act applied by S.I. 2010/490 reg. 34(5)
- Act applied (with modifications) by 2008 c. 17 Sch. 2 para. 8-16
- Act applied (with modifications) by S.I. 2003/1075 Sch. 9 para. 3(2) 4-9
- Act applied (with modifications) by S.I. 2004/389 Sch. 9 para. 3-9 Sch. 14 para. 42(3)
- Act applied (with modifications) by S.I. 2004/757 Sch. 8 para. 3
- Act applied (with modifications) by S.I. 2005/120 Sch. 7 para. 3(1)
- Act applied (with modifications) by S.I. 2005/1918 Sch. 7 para. 3(1)
- Act applied (with modifications) by S.I. 2005/2786 Sch. 7 para. 3(1)
- Act applied (with modifications) by S.I. 2005/3105 Sch. 7 para. 3(1)
- Act applied (with modifications) by S.I. 2005/3523 Sch. 7 para. 3(1)
- Act applied (with modifications) by S.I. 2005/8 Sch. 1 para. 3
- Act applied (with modifications) by S.I. 2006/2310 Sch. 3 para. 3(1)
- Act applied (with modifications) by S.I. 2006/2905 Sch. 8 para. 3(1)
- Act applied (with modifications) by S.I. 2006/3118 Sch. 7 para. 3(1)
- Act applied (with modifications) by S.I. 2007/2297 Sch. 6 para. 3(1)
- Act applied (with modifications) by S.I. 2007/3345 Sch. 1 para. 3(1)
- Act applied (with modifications) by S.I. 2007/608 Sch. 4 para. 3(1)
- Act applied (with modifications) by S.I. 2008/1238 Sch. 1 para. 3(1)
- Act applied (with modifications) by S.I. 2008/2512 Sch. 6 para. 3(1)
- Act applied (with modifications) by S.I. 2009/1300 Sch. 7 para. 3
- Act applied (with modifications) by S.I. 2009/2364 Sch. 5 para. 3(1)
- Act applied (with modifications) by S.I. 2009/2728 Sch. 2 para. 3(1)
- Act applied (with modifications) by S.I. 2010/1721 Sch. 6 para. 3(1)
- Act applied (with modifications) by S.I. 2011/1072 Sch. 8 para. 3(1)
- Act applied (with modifications) by S.I. 2011/41 Sch. 6 para. 3(1)
- Act applied (with modifications) by S.I. 2004/3054 Sch. 3 para. 3(1)
- Act applied (with modifications) by 1994 c. 21 Sch. 1B para. 2(1) (as inserted) by 2003 c. 37 Sch. 6
- Act modified by S.I. 2003/1075 Sch. 9 para. 3
- Act modified by S.I. 2003/3364 Sch. 4 para. 3(1)
- Act modified by S.I. 2005/1163 Sch. 6 para. 3(1)
- Act modified by S.I. 2005/2222 Sch. 7 para. 3(1)
- Act modified by S.I. 2005/927 Sch. 7 para. 3(1)
- Act modified by S.I. 2006/3117 Sch. 7 para. 3
- Act words substituted by 2005 c. 4 Sch. 11 para. 4
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- S.I. 2004/2593 art. 2 commences (2004 c. 5)
- S.I. 2005/910 art. 3 commences (2003 c. 39)
- S.I. 2006/2504 art. 2 commences (2006 c. 26)
- S.I. 2007/1897 art. 2 commences (2005 c. 9)
- S.I. 2007/2386 art. 2 3 commences (2006 c. 26)
- S.I. 2007/2584 art. 2 commences (2006 c. 26)
- S.I. 2007/2709 art. 2-6 commences (2007 c. 15)
- S.I. 2008/3068 art. 2-5 commences (2008 c. 17)
- S.I. 2009/1604 art. 2 commences (2005 c. 4)
- S.I. 2010/101 art. 2-5 commences (2008 c. 29)
- 2006 No. 2 Instrument made by Archbishops commences (2006 No. 1)
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Compulsory Purchase Act 1965
1965 CHAPTER 56
An Act to consolidate the Lands Clauses Acts as applied by Part I of Schedule 2 to the Acquisition of Land (Authorisation Procedure) Act 1946, and by certain other enactments, and to repeal certain provisions in the Lands Clauses Acts and related enactments which have ceased to have any effect.
[5th August 1965]
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C1Act: modified (23.8.1999) by S.I. 1999/2981, art. 17(3), Sch. 7 paras. 3-9
C2Act: applied (with modifications) (20.8.1999) by S.I. 1999/2336, art. 14(3), Sch. 4 paras. 3-9
C3Act applied with modifications by Land Commission Act 1967 (c. 1), ss. 10, 14(4), and Courts Act 1971 (c. 23), s. 28(4), Sch. 3 para. 3
C4Words of enactment omitted under authority of Statute Law Revision Act 1948(c. 62),s. 3
C5Act modified by Local Government Act 1972 (c. 70, SIF 81:1), s. 129
C6Act applied with modifications by Land Drainage Act 1976 (c. 70, SIF 73:1), s. 37(4); by Development of Rural Wales Act 1976 (c. 75, SIF 64), ss. 6(2)(4)(6)(7), 27, Sch. 4 Pt. II, Sch. 7 para. 5(5); by S.I. 1978/268, art. 4 and by Highways Act 1980 (c. 66, SIF 59), s. 250, Sch. 19
C7Act applied with modifications by Housing Act 1985 (c. 68, SIF 61), s. 578
C8Act applied with modifications by Housing Act 1988 (c. 50, SIF 61), s. 78(2)(b), Sch. 10 Pt. III paras. 20–23
C9Act applied with modifications by Electricity Act 1989 (c. 29, SIF 44:1), s. 10(1), Sch. 3 paras. 6–13
C10Act modified by Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1976 (c. 57, SIF 81:1), s. 13(2); by Compulsory Purchase (Vesting Declarations) Act 1981 (c. 66, SIF 28:1), s. 7(1)(b) and by Acquisition of Land Act 1981 (c. 67, SIF 28:1), s. 30(1)
C11Act modified by Water Act 1989 (c. 15, SIF 130), s. 151(5), Sch. 18 para. 2(1) (with ss. 58(7), 101(1), 141(6), 160(1)(2)(4), 163, 189(4)–(10), 190, 193(1), Sch. 26 paras. 3(1)(2), 17, 40(4), 57(6), 58)
C12Act extended and applied by Heathrow Express Railway Act 1991 (c. vii), s. 21(3)(a).
C13Act modified by Town and Country Planning Act 1990 (c. 8, SIF 123:1), s. 245(4)
C14Act amended by Gas Act 1986 (c. 44, SIF 44:2), s. 9(3), Sch. 3 Pt. II para. 5
C15Act applied in part with modifications by Killingholme Generating Stations (Ancillary Powers) Act 1991 (c. viii), ss. 2(2), 20(4), 24(2).
C16Act: definition applied (26.7.1991) by S.I. 1991/1760, art. 5(2).
C17Act applied with modifications (01.12.1991) by Water Industry Act 1991 (c. 56, SIF 130), ss. 155(5), 223(2), Sch. 9
C18Act modified (1.12.1991) by Water Resources Act 1991 (c. 57, SIF 130), ss. 154(5), 225(2), Sch.18
C19Power to modify conferred (1.12.1991) by Land Drainage Act 1991 (c. 59, SIF 73:1), ss. 62(5)(b), 76(2) (with ss. 67(3)(5)(8), 72(6)(8), 74(3)(4))
C20Act applied (16.3.1992) by Avon Weir Act 1992 (c. v), s.31(2) (with s. 61)
Act applied (16.3.1992) by Aire and Calder Navigation Act 1992 (c. iv), s. 28(2) (with s. 38)
Act applied (16.7.1992) by Cattewater Reclamation Act 1992 (c. xiv), s.9(2) (with ss. 23, 24, 27, 33)
Act applied (21.7.1994) by 1994 c. xv, s. 32(3)
Act applied (31.10.1994) by 1958 c. 69, s. 16(4A) (as inserted (31.10.1994) by 1994 c. 21, s. 52, Sch. 8 (with s. 40(3)); S.I. 1994/2553, art. 2)
C21Act applied (with modifications) (10.11.1993) by 1993 (c. 28), s. 169, Sch. 20 paras. 20-23; S.I. 1993/2762, art.3
Act applied (with modifications) (31.3.1994) by 1994 c. iv, ss. 4, 17(2)
Act applied (with modifications) (26.5.1994) by 1994 c. vi, s. 13(3)
Act applied (with modifications) (30.10.1994) by S.I. 1994/2716, reg. 98(3)
Act applied (with modifications) (7.3.1995) by S.I. 1995/519, art. 23(3), Sch. 4 para. 3(1)
Act applied (with modifications) (11.11.1996) by S.I. 1996/2714, art. 26(3), Sch. 6 para. 3(1)
Act applied (with modifications) (10.2.1997) by S.I. 1997/264, art. 19(3), Sch. 7 para. 3(1)
Act applied (with modifications) (21.5.1997) by S.I. 1997/1266, art. 26(3), Sch. 8 para. 3(1)
Act applied (with modifications) (27.8.1998) by S.I. 1998/1936, art. 29(2)(3), Sch. 7 para. 3(1)
Act applied (with modifications) (25.11.1998 for specified purposes and otherwise 3.7.2000) by 1998 c. 45, s. 20(1), Sch. 5 Pt. II para. 3(1); S.I. 1998/2952, art. 2(2); S.I. 2000/1173, art. 2(c)
Act applied (with modifications) (24.12.1999) by S.I. 2000/428, art. 13, Sch. 3 para. 3(1)
Act applied (with modifications) (26.3.2001) by 2000 c. 26, s. 95, Sch. 5, Pt. II para. 5; S.I. 2000/2957, art. 2(3), Sch. 3
Act applied (with modifications) (2.3.2001) by S.I. 2001/1367, art. 9, Sch. 2 para. 3(1)
Act applied (with modifications) (2.3.2001) by S.I. 2001/1368, art. 9, Sch. 3 para. 3(1)
Act applied (with modifications) (2.3.2001) by S.I. 2001/1369, art. 6, Sch. 1 para. 3(1)
Act applied (with modifications) (29.3.2001) by S.I. 2001/1347, art. 26, Sch. 7 para. 3(1) (with arts. 15, 37, 38(2))
Act applied (with modifications) (29.3.2001) by S.I. 2001/1348, art. 6(3), Sch. 2 para. 3(1)
Act applied (with modifications) (18.7.2001) by S.I. 2001/2870, art. 15, Sch. 2 para. 3(1)
Act applied (with modifications) (24.7.2001) by S.I. 2001/3627, art. 38, Sch. 8 para. 3(1)
Act applied (with modifications) (9.11.2001) by S.I. 2001/3682, art. 21, Sch. 7 para. 3(1)
Act applied (with modifications) (14.3.2002) by S.I. 2002/412, art. 18, Sch. 4, para. 3(1) (with art. 38)
Act applied (with modifications) (30.4.2002) by S.I. 2002/1064, art. 11, Sch. 2 para. 3(1)
Act applied (with modifications) (30.4.2002) by S.I. 2002/1065, art. 11, Sch. 3 para. 3(1)
Act applied (with modifications) (30.4.2002) by S.I. 2002/1066, art. 23, Sch. 7 para. 3(1)
Act applied (with modifications) (31.5.2002) by S.I. 2002/1327, art. 21, Sch. 4, para. 3(1)
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