Local Government, Planning and Land Act 1980

1 (1) Section 1 of the Commissioners of Works Act 1894 shall continue to be amended as mentioned in this paragraph, notwithstanding the repeal by this Act of paragraph 2 of Schedule 10 to the M1 Community Land Act 1975. E+W+S

(2) For subsection (1) of section 1 of the said Act of 1894 (which applies the Land Clauses Acts to acquisitions under the M2 Commissioners of Works Act 1852), there shall in relation to England and Wales by substituted the following subsection—

“(1) For the purpose of purchase of land by the Secretary of State under the Commissioners of Works Act 1852, the provisions of Part I of the Compulsory Purchase Act 1965 (so far as applicable), other than section 31, shall apply.

In the said Part I as so applied the word “land” means (except where the context otherwise requires) any corporeal hereditament, including a building, in relation to the acquisition of land under the said Act of 1852, includes any interest in or right over land.”.

(3) For subsection (1) of section 1 of the said Act of 1894 there shall in relation to Scotland by substituted the following subsection—

“(1) For the purpose of the purchase of land by the Secretary of State under the Commissioners of Works Act 1852, the Lands Clauses Acts (except so much thereof as relates to the acquisition of land otherwise than by agreement, and the provisions relating to access to the special Act, and except sections 120 to 125 of the Lands Clauses Consolidation (Scotland) Act 1845), and sections 6 and 70 of the Railway Clauses Consolidation (Scotland) Act 1845 and sections 71 to 78 of that Act (as originally enacted and not as amended by section 15 of the Mines (Working Facilities and Support) Act 1923) are hereby incorporated with the said Act of 1852, and, in construing those Acts for the purposes of the said Act of 1852, that Act shall be deemed to be the special Act and the Secretary of State shall be deemed to be the promoter of the undertaking or company, as the case may require.

In relation to the acquisition of land under the said Act of 1852, “land” includes any interest in or right over land.”.

(4) This paragraph shall have effect only in relation to agreements entered into after 12 December 1975.

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1 The text of Schs. 2, 3, Sch. 4 paras. 1(1)(2)–(4), 10, Sch. 5, Sch. 6 paras. 1, 4–6, 10–16, 21, Sch. 7 Pt. I paras. 2(2)(5)(6), 3(2)(4), 6, 7, 8, Sch. 7 Pt. II paras. 14(1), 15, Sch. 23 Pt. II para. 2, Pt. III paras. 3–7, Pt. V paras. 12–20, Pt. VI para. 21, Sch. 25 Pt. II para. 7, Pt. III para. 8, Pt. IV para. 9, Sch. 26 para. 18, Sch. 33 paras. 1–5, 7, 13, 14 Sch. 34, Sch. 32 Pt. III para. 19 is in the form in which it was originally enacted: it was not reproduced in Statutes in Force and does not reflect any amendments or repeals which may have been made prior to 1.2.1991.

Marginal Citations

M1 1975 c. 77.

M2 1852 c. 28.