Part I

New Towns and Their Development Corporations

Acquisition of land by development corporations and highway authorities

Application of Compulsory Purchase Act 1965 and modification of Land Compensation Act 1961.
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1
Part I of the Compulsory Purchase Act 1965 applies in relation to the acquisition of land under this Act subject to any necessary adaptations and to Part I of Schedule 6 to this Act.
2
The Land Compensation Act 1961, in its application for the purposes of this Act, has effect subject to any necessary adaptations and to Part II of Schedule 6.
3
A compulsory purchase order may provide for the incorporation with this Act of section 77 of the Railway Clauses Consolidation Act 1845 (which relates to the exception of minerals from purchases) and sections 78 to 85 of that Act (which relate to restrictions on the working of minerals) as originally enacted and not as amended for certain purposes by section 15 of the Mines (Working Facilities and Support) Act 1923, or of that section 77 only.
4
The provision referred to in subsection (3) above—
a
may be made as to all or any of the land to which the compulsory purchase order relates, and
b
may include such modification of references in those sections to the railway or works, or to the company, as may be specified in the order,
and for the purposes of any such incorporation of those sections, this Act and the compulsory purchase order shall be deemed to be the special Act.
1965 c. 56.
1961 c. 33.
1845 c. 20.
1923 c. 20.