Section 64 – Purpose for which compulsory acquisition may be authorised
181.Section 64 provides that an infrastructure consent order may only include provision authorising the compulsory acquisition of land if the Welsh Ministers are satisfied that the land is:
required for the development to which the infrastructure consent relates,
required to facilitate that development or is incidental to that development, or
replacement land given in exchange for the land authorised to be compulsorily acquired under section 70 (commons, open spaces etc: compulsory acquisition of land) or section 71 (commons, open spaces etc: compulsory acquisition of rights over land),
and that there is a compelling case in the public interest for the land to be acquired compulsorily.
