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Acquisition of Land Act 1981
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- 1981 c. 67
- SCHEDULE 3
- Part I
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- S.I. 2006/1407 Sch. 1 Pt. 2 para. 12 commences (2002 c. 17)
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- S.I. 2011/2329 art. 3 commences (2011 c. 5)
- S.I. 2012/84 art. 2 3 commences (2011 c. 21)
- 2006 No. 2 Instrument made by Archbishops commences (2006 No. 1)
2(1)This Act shall have effect with the modifications necessary to make it apply to the compulsory acquisition of a right as it applies to the compulsory acquisition of land, so that, in appropriate contexts, references in this Act to land are read as referring, or as including references, to the right acquired or to be acquired, or to land over which the right is, or is to be, exercisable, according to the requirements of the particular context.E+W
(2)Without prejudice to the generality of sub-paragraph (1) above, Part II of this Schedule shall apply to the compulsory acquisition of a right in substitution for Part III of this Act.
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