Requisitioned Land and War Works Act 1945

1. Introductory Text

2. PART I The War Works Commission.

   1. 1. The War Works Commission.

   2. 2. Procedure of Commission.

   3. 3. Dissolution of Commission.

3. PART II New Temporary Powers of Acquisition of Land by Ministers.

   1. 4. Land affected by government war work or damaged by government war use.

   2. 5. Works.

   3. 6. Depreciated land.

   4. 7. Easements and other rights.

   5. 8. Reference to Commission of proposals to acquire land or rights.

   6. 9. Powers of Minister on receipt of report of Commission.

   7. 10. Conditional recommendations by Commission.

   8. 11. Principles on which Commission are to act.

   9. 12. Overriding provision as to purchase of certain commons and open spaces.

   10. 13. Agricultural land.

   11. 14. Duration of powers under Part II.

4. PART III Highways.

   1. 15. Stopping up or diversion of highways.

   2. 16. Retention of railway, tramway, and c, on highway where highway not stopped up or diverted.

   3. 17. Publication of proposed orders and reference to Commission.

   4. 18. Proceedings after reference to Commission.

   5. 19. Validity and date of operation of orders under Part III.

   6. 20. Duration of power to make orders.

   7. 21. Temporary continuance of stopping up, and &c.

   8. 22. Savings.

5. PART IV Telegraphic Lines.

   1. 23. General provision as to telegraphic lines.

   2. 24. Power of owners, and c, to require removal of telegraphic lines.

   3. 25. Deep lines.

6. PART V New Temporary Procedure for Acquisition of Land by Local Authorities.

   1. 26. Acquisition by local authorities.

   2. 27. Provisions as to compulsory purchase orders.

7. PART VI Temporary Powers as to Maintenance, Use and Removal of Works, &c.

   1. 28. Maintenance and use of works and continuance in possession.

   2. 29. Removal of works and restoration of land.

   3. 30. Duration of powers under Part VI.

   4. 31. Compensation and adaptation of enactments.

8. PART VII Application and Amendments of Defence Acts, &c.

   1. 32. Application of Defence Acts to acquisitions by virtue of Part II.

   2. 33. Modifications of Defence Acts in relation to acquisitions not by virtue of Part II.

   3. 34. Power to acquire particular levels only and reversionary interests.

   4. 35. Amendments as to procedure.

   5. 36. Notice to treat to' acquire easements or other rights.

   6. 37. Method of compulsory acquisition of easements and rights.

   7. 38. Miscellaneous provisions as to easements and rights acquired under Defence Acts.

   8. 39. Compensation for acquisition of easements and rights.

9. PART VIII Adjustment of Compensation on Acquisition of Land.

   1. 40. Application of Part VIII.

   2. 41. Elimination of value due to government war work, and &c.

   3. 42. Adjustment where compensation paid or payable under Compensation (Defence) Act, 1939, or otherwise.

   4. 43. Forfeitures.

   5. 44. Repeal of certain provisions of Agriculture (Miscellaneous Provisions) Acts, 1941 and 1943.

10. PART IX Amendments of Compensation (Defence) Act, 1939.

    1. 45. Increase in rental compensation under s. 2 of Compensation (Defence) Act, 1939.

    2. 46. Effect on compensation of reservation of rights under Part VI.

    3. 47. Compensation under s. 2 of Compensation (Defence) Act, 1939, for removal of fixed machinery or plant.

    4. 48. Successive works to be dealt with as one.

    5. 49. Lump sum compensation under s. 3 of Compensation (Defence) Act, 1939.

    6. 50. Definition of work done on land.

11. PART X Miscellaneous and General.

    1. 51. Saving for agreements.

    2. 52. Power of Ministers to defray cost of rehabilitation of land in certain circumstances.

    3. 53. Provision of land in lieu of land acquired under Defence Acts.

    4. 54. Consequences of undertakings to pay money under Part II.

    5. 55. Amendment of procedure where land is purchased by a drainage board.

    6. 56. Provisions as to Board of Trade.

    7. 57. Expenses.

    8. 58. Evidence.

    9. 59. Interpretation, and &c.

    10. 60. Application to Scotland.

    11. 61. Application to Northern Ireland.

    12. 62. Short title.

12. 1. SCHEDULE

       Enactments applied to certain Ministers.