Acquisition of Land Act 1981

26 Date of operation. E+W

[F1 (1) Subject to section 24 above, a compulsory purchase order, other than one to which the M1 Statutory Orders (Special Procedure) Act 1945 applies, shall become operative on the date on which notice of the confirmation or making of the order is first published in accordance with this Act.

(2) Subject to section 24 above, a certificate under Part III of, or Schedule 3 to, this Act shall become operative on the date on which notice of the giving of the certificate is first published in accordance with this Act.]

[F1 (1A) A compulsory purchase order confirmed under Part 2 becomes operative—

(a) if it is confirmed unconditionally, on the date on which a confirmation notice in respect of the order is first published as required by section 15(3)(a);

(b) if it is confirmed conditionally, on the date on which a fulfilment notice in respect of the order is first published as required by section 15(4C)(b)(i).

(1B) A compulsory purchase order made under Schedule 1 becomes operative—

(a) if it is made unconditionally, on the date on which a making notice in respect of the order is first published as required by paragraph 6(3)(a) of that Schedule;

(b) if it is made conditionally, on the date on which a fulfilment notice in respect of the order is first published as required by paragraph 6(4C)(b)(i) of that Schedule.

(1C) Subsections (1A) and (1B) do not apply to an order to which the Statutory Orders (Special Procedure) Act 1945 applies.

(2A) A certificate given under Part 3 becomes operative on the date on which it is first published as required by section 22(a).

(2B) A certificate given under Schedule 3 becomes operative on the date on which it is first published as required by paragraph 9(a) of that Schedule.

(3) This section is subject to section 24.]

Textual Amendments

F1 S. 26(1A)-(3) substituted for s. 26(1)(2) (18.2.2026 for specified purposes) by Levelling-up and Regeneration Act 2023 (c. 55), s. 255(7), Sch. 18 para. 3(3) (with s. 247); S.I. 2025/1370, reg. 2(1)(c)(2) (with reg. 6(1)(2))

Marginal Citations

M1 1945 (9 & 10 Geo 6) c. 18.