Planning Act 2008

129 Local authority and statutory undertakers' land: acquisition by public body

(1) Section 128(2) does not apply to the compulsory acquisition of land if the person acquiring the land is any of the following—

(a) a local authority;

(b) a National Park authority;

(c) an urban development corporation;

(d) a Welsh planning board;

(e) statutory undertakers;

(f) a Minister of the Crown.

(2) In this section—

• “local authority” has the meaning given by section 17(4) of the Acquisition of Land Act 1981 (c. 67);

• “statutory undertakers” has the meaning given by section 8 of that Act and also includes the authorities, bodies and undertakers—

  (a)

  which are deemed to be statutory undertakers for the purposes of that Act, by virtue of another enactment;

  (b)

  which are statutory undertakers for the purposes of section 17(3) of that Act (see section 17(4) of that Act);

• “Welsh planning board” means a board constituted under section 2(1B) of TCPA 1990.