http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1980/66/section/247Highways Act 1980An Act to consolidate the Highways Acts 1959 to 1971 and related enactments, with amendments to give effect to recommendations of the Law Commission.1981-03-01texttext/xmlenStatute Law Database2026-03-18Expert Participation2026-03-13
Highways Act 1980s. 90B(1A)Deregulation Act 2015Sch. 10 para. 15(3)s. 115(7)Highways Act 1980s. 90C(2)(2A)Deregulation Act 2015Sch. 10 para. 16(3)s. 115(7)Highways Act 1980s. 90FADeregulation Act 2015Sch. 10 para. 20s. 115(7)Highways Act 1980s. 118ZA(5)(a)Deregulation Act 2015s. 25(3)s. 115(7)Highways Act 1980s. 121E(1A)(1B)Deregulation Act 2015s. 23(5)s. 115(7)Highways Act 1980s. 146(6)Deregulation Act 2015s. 24(6)(d)s. 115(7)Highways Act 1980s. 147(1A)Deregulation Act 2015s. 24(3)s. 115(7)Highways Act 1980s. 147(5A)Deregulation Act 2015s. 24(5)s. 115(7)Highways Act 1980s. 325(2B)Deregulation Act 2015Sch. 10 para. 21s. 115(7)Highways Act 1980Sch. 6 para. 1(3ZA)Deregulation Act 2015Sch. 7 para. 8(2)(b)s. 115(7)Highways Act 1980Sch. 6 para. 2(2ZA)-(2ZE)Deregulation Act 2015Sch. 7 para. 8(3)s. 115(7)Highways Act 1980Sch. 6 para. 2(4)Deregulation Act 2015Sch. 7 para. 8(4)s. 115(7)Highways Act 1980Sch. 6 para. 2(5)(6)Deregulation Act 2015Sch. 7 para. 8(5)s. 115(7)Highways Act 1980Sch. 6 para. 2ZZADeregulation Act 2015Sch. 7 para. 8(6)s. 115(7)Highways Act 1980Sch. 6 para. 4A(1)Deregulation Act 2015Sch. 7 para. 8(7)(a)s. 115(7)Highways Act 1980Sch. 6 para. 4A(1)Deregulation Act 2015Sch. 7 para. 8(7)(b)s. 115(7)Highways Act 1980Sch. 6 para. 4A(2)Deregulation Act 2015Sch. 7 para. 8(7)(c)s. 115(7)Highways Act 1980Sch. 6 para. 5(ba)Deregulation Act 2015Sch. 7 para. 8(8)s. 115(7)Highways Act 1980Sch. 6 Pt. 1 para. 2B(4)Deregulation Act 2015s. 25(6)s. 115(7)Highways Act 1980s. 120(3ZA)Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000Sch. 6 para. 13(6)s. 103(3)Highways Act 1980Sch. 1 para. 2APlanning and Infrastructure Act 2025s. 33(3)s. 116s. 118(1)(s)Highways Act 1980Sch. 1 para. 8APlanning and Infrastructure Act 2025s. 33(4)s. 116s. 118(1)(s)Highways Act 1980Sch. 1 para. 10(1)Planning and Infrastructure Act 2025s. 33(5)(a)s. 116s. 118(1)(s)Highways Act 1980Sch. 1 para. 10(1)(b)Planning and Infrastructure Act 2025s. 33(5)(b)s. 116s. 118(1)(s)Highways Act 1980Sch. 1 para. 10(2)Planning and Infrastructure Act 2025s. 33(5)(c)s. 116s. 118(1)(s)Highways Act 1980Sch. 1 para. 15APlanning and Infrastructure Act 2025s. 33(6)s. 116s. 118(1)(s)Highways Act 1980s. 322(5)(ab)Traffic Management Act 2004s. 64(2)s. 99(1)Highways Act 1980s. 6(1ZA)English Devolution and Community Empowerment Act 2026Sch. 8 para. 1(3)s. 102s. 108(1)(3)Highways Act 1980s. 6(5A)English Devolution and Community Empowerment Act 2026Sch. 8 para. 1(8)s. 102s. 108(1)(3)Highways Act 1980s. 6(6ZA)(6ZB)English Devolution and Community Empowerment Act 2026Sch. 8 para. 1(9)s. 102s. 108(1)(3)Highways Act 1980s. 6(9)English Devolution and Community Empowerment Act 2026Sch. 8 para. 1(12)s. 102s. 108(1)(3)Highways Act 1980s. 8(1A)(1B)English Devolution and Community Empowerment Act 2026Sch. 8 para. 2(3)s. 102s. 108(1)(3)Highways Act 1980s. 8(4A)English Devolution and Community Empowerment Act 2026Sch. 8 para. 2(6)s. 102s. 108(1)(3)Highways Act 1980s. 8(6)English Devolution and Community Empowerment Act 2026Sch. 8 para. 2(7)s. 102s. 108(1)(3)
Part XII Acquisition, Vesting and Transfer of Land <Abbreviation Expansion="et cetera" xml:lang="la">etc.</Abbreviation> Acquisition of land generally General provision as to acquisition procedure etc.2471Any power to acquire land compulsorily conferred by any of the foregoing provisions of this Part of this Act ona strategic highways company or a local highway authority is exercisable in any particular case on their being authorised to do so by the Minister.2The Acquisition of Land Act 1981 shall, subject to sub-section (5) below, apply to the compulsory acquisition of land under any of the foregoing provisions of this Part of this Act.5Notwithstanding anything in Part III of the Acquisition of Land Act 1981 an order authorising the owners of a bridge to acquire a right compulsorily pursuant to section 242(3) above is not subject to special parliamentary procedure by reason only of its authorising the acquisition of any such right, nor does anything in the said Part III prevent the acquisition of any right pursuant to section 242(3) above (whether by the owners of a bridge or by a highway authority).6Where under this Part of this Act a highway authority are authorised to acquire land by agreement, the provisions of Part I of the Act of 1965 (so far as applicable) other than sections 4 to 8, section 10 and section 31, apply, and in the said Part I as so applied the word “land” has the meaning provided by section 329 below.S. 247(2) substituted for s. 247(2)–(4) by Acquisition of Land Act 1981 (c. 67, SIF 28:1), s. 34, Sch. 4 para. 31(4)Words substituted by Acquisition of Land Act 1981 (c. 67, SIF 28:1), s. 34, Sch. 4 para. 31(5)Pt. XII (ss. 238–271) applied by SI 1986/564, art. 4(2)(a)Words in s. 247(1) inserted (5.3.2015) by Infrastructure Act 2015 (c. 7), s. 57(1), Sch. 1 para. 48; S.I. 2015/481, reg. 2(a)S. 247(1) modified (1.4.2018) by The Sub-national Transport Body (Transport for the North) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/103), regs. 1(2), 12(f)S. 247(6) modified (1.4.2018) by The Sub-national Transport Body (Transport for the North) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/103), regs. 1(2), 12(g)(i)