Acquisition of Land Act 1981

31 (1) The Highways Act 1980 shall be amended as follows.

(2) In section 238(2) for " Act of 1946 " substitute " Acquisition of Land Act 1981 ".

(3) In section 246(4)(a) for " paragraph 3(1)(a) of Schedule 1 to the Act of 1946 " substitute " section 11 of the Acquisition of Land Act 1981 ".

(4) In section 247 for subsections (2) to (4) substitute—

“(2) The Acquisition of Land Act 1981 shall, subject to subsection (5) below, apply to the compulsory acquisition of land under any of the foregoing provisions of this Part of this Act”.

(5) In section 247(5) for the words from " section 1(2)" to " Schedule 1 to that Act " substitute " Part III of the Acquisition of Land Act 1981 ".

(6) After section 250(3) insert—

“(3A) Schedule 3 to the Acquisition of Land Act 1981 shall apply to the compulsory purchase of a right bv virtue of this section”.

(7) In section 250(5) for paragraphs (a) and (b) substitute—

“(a) Part II of Schedule 19 to this Act has effect for the adaptation of Part I of the Act of 1965 to cases of compulsory acquisition of rights”.

(8) In section 254(1) (after paragraph (c)), for the words from " notwithstanding " to " prevents " substitute " nothing in Part III of, or Schedule 3 to, the Acquisition of Land Act 1981 shall prevent ".

(9) In section 254(6) for " Act of 1946" substitute " Acquisition of Land Act 1981 ".

(10) In subsections (1), (2) and (4) of section 257 for " Schedule 1 to the Act of 1946 " substitute " Acquisition of Land Act 1981 ".

(11) In section 258(1) for "Schedule 1 to the Act of 1946" substitute " Part II of, or Schedule 1 to, the Acquisition of Land Act 1981 ".

(12) In section 259(1)—

(a) for " Part I of Schedule 1 to the Act of 1946" substitute " Part II of the Acquisition of Land Act 1981 ",

(b) for " Part II of the Schedule " substitute " Schedule 1 to that Act ",

(c) for " said Schedule 1 " substitute " Acquisition of Land Act 1981 ".

(13) In section 259(2) for the words from "paragraph 6" to " that Schedule" substitute " section 15 of the Acquisition of Land Act 1981 or as the case may be paragraph 6 of Schedule 1 to that Act ".

(14) In section 322(5)(a) for " Schedule 1 to the Act of 1946 " substitute " Part II of, or Schedule 1 to, the Acquisition of Land Act 1981 ".