http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1973/26/section/52ZDLand Compensation Act 1973Land Compensation Act 19731981-06-01texttext/xmlenStatute Law Database2026-05-05Expert Participation2026-04-30 Land Compensation Act 1973s. 52A(2B)Neighbourhood Planning Act 2017s. 39s. 46(1)Land Compensation Act 1973s. 52A(2B)Housing and Planning Act 2016s. 196(2)(b)s. 216(3)Land Compensation Act 1973ActSch. 5 para. 3art. 6(2)art. 1Land Compensation Act 1973s. 12A(9)(b)(c)Commonhold and Leasehold Reform Act 2002Sch. 8 para. 1(4)s. 181(1)Land Compensation Act 1973ActSch. 6 para. 3arts. 4 45 Sch. 9 para. 46art. 1(1) Part IV52ZD1The appropriate national authority may by regulations impose requirements about the form and content of a request under section 52(2), 52ZA(3) or 52ZB(3).2In subsection (1) “appropriate national authority” means—ain relation to a request relating to the compulsory acquisition of land in England, the Secretary of State;bin relation to a request relating to the compulsory acquisition of land in Wales, the Welsh Ministers.3Regulations under subsection (1) may permit or require a person specified in the regulations to design a form to be used in making a request.4Regulations under subsection (1) may require an acquiring authority to supply, at specified stages of the compulsory acquisition process, copies of a form to be used in making a request.5Regulations under subsection (1) are to be made by statutory instrument.6A statutory instrument containing regulations under subsection (1) is subject to annulment—ain the case of an instrument made by the Secretary of State, in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament;bin the case of an instrument made by the Welsh Ministers, in pursuance of a resolution of the National Assembly for Wales.S. 52ZD inserted (6.4.2018) by Housing and Planning Act 2016 (c. 22), ss. 194(4), 216(3); S.I. 2018/251, reg. 4(e)