Town and Country Planning Act 1971

Application of Part VI to land acquired or authorized: to be acquired under previous enactments

47 The provisions of Part VI of this Act shall have effect in relation to land acquired, or authorised to be acquired, in pursuance of any such order as is mentioned in paragraph 45 of this Schedule as if—

(a) in the case of land acquired, or authorised to be acquired, by a local authority, the land had been acquired, or authorised to be acquired, by that local authority under section 112 of this Act;

(b) in the case of land acquired, or authorised to be acquired, by a Minister, the land had been acquired, or authorised to be acquired, by that Minister under section 113 of this Act.

48 For the purposes of Part VI of this Act—

(a) any land acquired by a local authority in pursuance of a compulsory purchase order under Part I of the Act of 1944 shall be deemed to have been acquired under section 112 of this Act;

(b) any land acquired by a Minister in pursuance of any such order shall be deemed to have been acquired by him under section 113 of this Act;

(c) any land acquired by a local authority by agreement under the Act of 1944 shall be deemed to have been acquired under section 119 of this Act

49 The reference in subsection (1) of-section 133 of this Act to the acquisition of land under section 68 or 71 of the Act of 1962 shall include a reference to the acquisition of land under section 38 or 40 of the Act of 1947 ; and the reference in that subsection to the appropriation of land for purposes for which land can be or could have been acquired under the provisions there mentioned is a reference to the appropriation of land for those purposes whether before or after the commencement of this Act.