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- Act applied by 2003 c. 43 Sch. 4 para. 46
- Act applied by 2006 c. 41 s. 211(5)
- Act applied by 2006 c. 41 Sch. 3 para. 22(2)
- Act applied by 2006 c. 41 Sch. 4 para. 27(2)(3)
- Act applied by 2006 c. 42 s. 159(5)
- Act applied by 2006 c. 42 Sch. 2 Pt. 3 para. 20(2)
- Act applied by 2006 c. 42 Sch. 3 Pt. 2 para. 27
- Act applied by 2008 c. 18 s. 7(6)
- Act applied by S.I. 2010/490 reg. 34(5)
- Act applied (with modifications) by 2003 c. 21 Sch. 4 para. 3(4)
- Act applied (with modifications) by 2008 c. 17 Sch. 2 para. 1
- Act applied (with modifications) by S.I. 2005/1918 art. 22
- Act applied (with modifications) by S.I. 2008/1261 art. 30 33
- Act applied by 1994 c. 21 s. 4C(4) (as inserted) by 2003 c. 37 s. 85(1)
- Act applied by 2010 c. 32 Sch. 1 para. 5(6) (as substituted) by 2011 c. 21 Sch. 14 para. 1
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- s. 5A 5B inserted by 2004 c. 5 s. 105(2)
- s. 5A power to apply (with modifications) conferred by 2009 c. 7 Sch. 2 para. 8(2)(a)
- s. 5B power to apply (with modifications) conferred by 2009 c. 7 Sch. 2 para. 8(2)(b)
- s. 14A inserted by 2004 c. 5 s. 102(2)
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- S.I. 2004/641 art. 2-5 commences (2003 c. 37)
- S.I. 2004/759 art. 2-13 commences (2003 c. 43)
- S.I. 2004/2097 art. 2 commences (2004 c. 5)
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- S.I. 2004/2304 art. 2 commences (2004 c. 21)
- S.I. 2004/2593 art. 2 commences (2004 c. 5)
- S.I. 2004/2917 art. 2 commences (2004 c. 21)
- S.I. 2005/910 art. 3 commences (2003 c. 39)
- S.I. 2006/1407 Sch. 1 Pt. 2 para. 12 commences (2002 c. 17)
- S.I. 2008/917 art. 2-5 commences (2007 c. 28)
- S.I. 2008/3068 art. 2-5 commences (2008 c. 17)
- S.I. 2009/3318 art. 2-4 commences (2009 c. 20)
- S.I. 2011/2329 art. 2 3 commences (2011 c. 5)
- 2006 No. 2 Instrument made by Archbishops commences (2006 No. 1)
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Acquisition of Land Act 1981
1981 CHAPTER 67
An Act to consolidate the Acquisition of Land (Authorisation Procedure) Act 1946 and related enactments.
[30th October 1981]
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C1Act applied (with modifications) by Housing Act 1985 (c. 68, SIF 61), s. 578, by Education Reform Act 1988 (c. 40, SIF 41:1), ss. 190(6), 201(6), by Housing Act 1988 (c. 50, SIF 61), ss. 77(4), 78(1), Sch. 10 Pt. I para. 1, by Electricity Act 1989 (c. 29, SIF 44:1), ss. 10(1)(2), 112(3), Sch. 3 Pt. II para. 5, Sch. 17 para. 35(1) and by National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990 (c. 19, SIF 113:2), s. 1(2), Sch. 1 Pt. I para. 26(2)(3)
C2Act applied by Housing Associations Act 1985 (c. 69, SIF 61), s. 88(3)(a), by Airports Act 1986 (c. 31, SIF 9), s. 59(1)(a), by Gas Act 1986 (c. 44, SIF 44:2), s. 9(3), Sch. 3 Pt. II para. 4, by Norfolk and Suffolk Broads Act 1988 (c. 4, SIF 81:1), ss. 2(6), 23(2), 27(2), Sch. 3 para. 44(4), by Water Act 1989 (c. 15, SIF 130), s. 151(4) (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), by Town and Country Planning Act 1990 (c. 8, SIF 123:1), ss. 226(7), 228(7), 254(2) and by Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 (c.9, SIF 123:1), ss. 47(2), 61(2)
C3Act extended by Airports Act 1986 (c. 31, SIF 9), s. 58, Sch. 2 para. 1(1), by Gas Act 1986 (c. 44, SIF 44:2), s. 67(1)(3), Sch. 7 para. 2(1)(xlii), Sch. 8 para. 33 and by Water Act 1989 (c. 15, SIF 130), s. 190, Sch. 25 para. 1(2)(xxvii) (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)
C4Act modified by Gas Act 1986 (c. 44, SIF 44:2), s. 67(1)(3), Sch. 7 para. 2 (10)(d), by Water Act 1989 (c. 15, SIF 130), s. 190, Sch. 25 para. 1(10)(ix) (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) and by Electricity Act 1989 (c. 29, SIF 44:1), s. 112(1)(3), Sch. 16 para. 3(2)(h), Sch. 17 paras. 33, 35(1)
C5Act amended by Water Act 1989 (c. 15, SIF 130), s. 190, Sch. 25 para. 1(11)(v) (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) and by Electricity Act 1989 (c. 29, SIF 44:1), s. 112(1)(3), Sch. 16 para. 2(2)(9)(g), Sch. 17 paras. 33, 35(1) and extended (1.3.1996) by 1995 c. 45, s. 16(1), Sch. 4 para. 2(1)(xxxi); S.I. 1996/218, art. 2
C6Power to modify Act 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))
C7Act applied (1.12.1991) by Water Industry Act 1991 (c. 56, SIF 130), ss. 155(4), 223(2) (with ss. 82(3), 186(1), 222(1), Sch. 14 para. 6)
Act applied (with modifications) (1.12.1991) by Water Resources Act 1991 (c. 57, SIF 130), ss. 154(4), 225(2) (with saving in s. 182 and with ss. 16(6), 179, 222(3), Sch. 22 para. 1, Sch. 23 para. 6)
Act applied (1.12.1991) by Land Drainage Act 1991 (c. 59, SIF 73:1), ss. 62(3), 76(2)(with ss. 67(3)(5)(8), 72(6), 74(3)(4)) Act applied (with modifications) (6. 5. 1992) by Further and Higher Education Act 1992 (c. 13), s. 40(6); S.I. 1992/831, art. 2, Sch.1
Act applied (with modifications) (10.11.1993) by 1993 c. 28, ss. 162(4), 169, Sch. 20 Pt. I; S.I. 1993/2762, art. 3.
Act applied (with modifications) (1.1.1994) by 1993 c. 35, s. 42(6) (with s. 155(11)); S.I. 1993/3106, art. 4, Sch.
Act applied (1.4.1994) by 1993 c. 35, ss. 3, 4, 308(3), Sch. 1 para. 2(2); S.I. 1994/507, art. 4, Sch. 2
Act applied (E.W.) (with modifications) (30.10.1994) by S.I. 1994/2716, art. 98(3)
Act applied (with modifications) (1.3.1996) by 1995 c. 45, s. 16(1), Sch. 4 para. 2(11)(d); S.I. 1996/218, art. 2
Act applied (1.11.1996) by 1995 c. 45, ss. 20, 21, Sch. 2 para. 3(2)
Act applied (1.11.1996) by 1996 c. 56, ss. 20, 21, 583(2), Sch. 2 para. 3(2) (with s. 1(4)) (which Sch. 2 is prospectively repealed by 1998 c. 31, ss. 140(1)(3), 145(2)-(5) Sch. 30 para. 185, Sch. 31)
Act applied (with modifications) (1.11.1996) by 1996 c. 56, ss. 205(6), 583(2) (with s. 1(4)) (which s. 205 is prospectively repealed by 1998 c. 31, ss. 145(4)(5), 140(1)(3), Sch. 30 para. 70, Sch. 31)
Act applied (18.12.1996) by 1996 c. 61, s. 5(4)
Act applied (with modifications) (1.10.1998) by Welsh Development Agency Act 1975 c. 70, Sch. 4 Pt. I para. 1(1) (as inserted (1.10.1998) by 1998 c. 38, s. 127, Sch. 13 para. 3 (with ss. 139(2), 143(2)); S.I. 1998/2244, art. 4
Act applied (with modifications) (25.11.1998 for specified purposes and otherwise 3.7.2000) by 1998 c. 45, ss. 20(4)(5), 43, Sch. 5 Pt. I; S.I. 1998/2952, art. 2; S.I. 2000/1173, art. 2(c)
Act applied (E.) (4.1.2000) and (W.) (prosp.) by 1977 c. 49, Sch. 5A para. 19(2) (as inserted (E.) (4.1.2000) and (W.) (prosp.) by 1999 c. 8, ss. 2(2), 67(1), Sch. 1; S.I. 1999/2342, art. 2(3)(a), Sch. 2)
Act applied (3.7.2000) by 1999 c. 29, s. 156(8), Sch. 11 para. 19(1)(2) (with Sch. 12 para. 9(1)); S.I. 2000/801, art. 2(c), Sch. Pt. 3
Act applied (28.7.2000) by 2000 c. 21, s. 131, Sch. 8 para. 3(6)
Act: applied (with modifications) (E.) (2.3.2001) by S.I. 2001/1368, art. 8
C8Act (except ss. 8(4), 32(6)): transfer of certain functions (1.7.1999) by S.I. 1999/672, art. 2, Sch. 1
C9Act extended (26.3.2001) by 2000 c. 26, s. 95, Sch. 5, Pt. II para. 4(1); S.I. 2000/2957, art. 2(3), Sch. 3
C10Act applied (26.7.2002) by Education Act 1996 (c. 56), Sch. 35A para. 3(6) (as inserted (26.7.2002) by Education Act 2002 (c. 32), s. 65, Sch. 7 Pt. 1 {para. 1} (with ss. 210(8), 214(4)); S.I. 2002/2002, art. 2)
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I1Act wholly in force at 30.1.1982, see s. 35(2)
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