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1. Procedure for compulsory purchase of land by local authorities, and by the Minister of Transport, the Minister of Civil Aviation and the Secretary of State for certain purposes.
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3. Power to extinguish certain public rights of way over land acquired.
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5. Provisions as to inquiries and as to service of certain notices.
6A. Application for the purposes of the Opencast Coal Act 1958.
Procedure for Authorising Compulsory Purchases
Part I Purchases by Local Authorities
1.A compulsory purchase order authorising a compulsory purchase by a...
2.The compulsory purchase order shall be in the prescribed form...
3.Before submitting the order to the confirming authority, the acquiring...
3A.Service of notice under head (ii) or (iii) of paragraph...
5.The order as confirmed by the confirming authority shall not,...
6A.Paragraph 3A above applies in relation to service of a...
6C.In paragraph 6B(a) above, the requirement to send a copy...
6D.In this Part, “ title condition ”, “ development management...
Part III Special Provisions as to Certain Descriptions of Land
Part IV Validity and date of Operation of Compulsory Purchase Orders
Part I The Lands Clauses Acts and the Railways Clauses Consolidation (Scotland) Act 1845
1.In relation to any compulsory purchase to which the provisions...
2.The following sections of the Lands Clauses Consolidation (Scotland) Act,...
3.(1) Where a local authority or Minister have been authorised...
4.The following provisions shall have effect in substitution for the...
5.Notices required to be served by the acquiring authority may,...
6.(1) A compulsory purchase order may make provision for the...
Part II The Acquisition of Land (Assessment of Compensation) Act, 1919
1.The Minister shall appoint a person to hold the inquiry...
2.The person appointed to hold the inquiry shall notify any...
4.The person appointed to hold the inquiry may administer oaths...
5.Any person who refuses or wilfully neglects to attend in...
6.Where the inquiry arises out of a proposed acquisition of...
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