Land Compensation Act 1961

1961 CHAPTER 33 9 and 10 Eliz 2

An Act to consolidate the Acquisition of Land (Assessment of Compensation) Act 1919, and certain other enactments relating to the assessment of compensation in respect of compulsory acquisitions of interests in land; to the withdrawal of notices to treat; and to the payment of additional compensation and of allowances in connection with such acquisitions or with certain sales by agreement of interests in land; with corrections and improvements made under the Consolidation of Enactments (Procedure) Act 1949.

[22nd June 1961]

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1 Act applied (with modifications) (18.6.1992) by British Railways (No. 2) Act 1992 (c. xi), s. 35(3).

Act applied (with modifications)(29.1.1993) by 1993 c. i, s. 15(3)

Act applied (29.3.1993) by 1993 c. iv, s. 22(7)(with s. 22(6))

Act restricted (29.3.1993) by 1993 c. iv, s. 37(3)

Act applied (with modifications)(27.5.1993) by 1993 c. vii, s. 22(3)

Act applied (with modifications)(1.7.1993) by 1993 c. ix, s. 17(3)

Act applied (with modifications)(27.7.1993) by 1993 c. xv, s. 30(3)

Act modified (10.11.1993) by 1993 c. 28, s. 161(4), Sch. 19 paras.1,2; S.I. 1993/2762, art.3

Act applied (10.11.1993) by 1993 c. 28, ss. 169, Sch. 20 Pt. II para. 4(5); S.I. 1993/2762, art.3

Act applied (5.11.1993) by 1993 c. 42, s. 5, Sch. 4 para. 3(3)

Act applied (31.3.1994) by 1994 c. iv, Pt. II, s. 12(7) (with s. 28)

Act excluded (31.3.1994) by 1994 c. iv, Pt. III, s. 23(3) (with s. 28)

Act excluded (5.7.1994) by 1994 c. ix, s. 16(3) (with s. 20)

Act applied (21.7.1994) by 1994 c. xi, s. 33(3) (with s. 39)

Act applied (21.7.1994) by 1994 c. xv, s. 31(3) (with s. 47)

Act applied (21.7.1994) by 1994 c. xv, s. 61(3) (with s. 47)

Act applied (28.7.1998) by 1998 c. iv, s. 8(2)

Act applied (with modifications) (28.7.1998) by 1998 c. iv, s. 10(3)

Act applied (1.10.1998) by 1975 c. 70, Sch. 4 Pt. III, para. 5(5) (as inserted by 1998 c. 38, s. 127, Sch. 13 para. 3 (with ss. 39(2), 143(2)); S.I. 1998/2244, art. 4)

Act applied (25.11.1998 for specified purposes and otherwise 3.7.2000) by 1998 c. 45, s. 23, Sch. 6 para. 1(5); S.I. 1998/2952, art. 2(2); S.I. 2000/1173, art. 2(2)(c)

Act applied (22.3.2001) by 2001 c. ii, s. 7(2)

Act modified (30.4.2002) by S.I. 2002/1064, art. 17(3)

Act applied (with modifications) (30.4.2002) by S.I. 2002/1065, art. 17(3)

Act: Transfer of functions (1.7.1999) (W.) by S.I. 1999/672, art. 2(a), Sch. 1 (with art. 2 paras. (b)-(f))

C2 Act applied (16.3.1992) by Midland Metro (No. 2) Act 1992 (c. viii), s. 14(6).

C3 Act applied (with modifications) (16.3.1992) by Aire and Calder Navigation Act 1992 (c. iv), s. 27(2).

C4 Act applied (with modifications) (16.3.1992) by London Underground Act 1992 (c. iii), s. 25(3).

C5 Act applied (with modifications) (13.2.1992) by British Railways Act 1992 (c. i), s. 28(3).

C6 Act applied with modifications by Water Resources Act 1963 (c. 38), s. 67(2), Sch. 8 paras. 12—14, Land Commission Act 1967 (c. 1), s. 10(1), Sch. 3 and Development of Rural Wales Act 1976 (c. 75), s. 5(1), Sch. 3 para. 30(1); modified by Local Government, Planning and Land Act 1980 (c. 65), s. 141, Sch. 27 paras. 9, 10; extended by Land Compensation Act 1973 (c. 26), s. 72(5)

C7 Act modified by New Towns Act 1981 (c. 64, SIF 123:3), ss. 14(2), 16(5), Sch. 6 Pt. II, by Compulsory Purchase (Vesting Declarations) Act 1981 (c. 66, SIF 66:1), s. 7(1)(a) and by Acquisition of Land Act 1981 (c. 67, SIF 28:1), s. 4

C8 Act modified by Housing Act 1988 (c. 50, SIF 61), s. 76(5)(6), Sch. 9 Pt. II para. 6, British Railways Act 1989 (c. iii), s. 26(3) and Town and Country Planning Act 1990 (c. 8, SIF 123:1), ss. 28, 54, Sch. 2 Pt. I para. 1(2), Pt. II para. 1(2), Pt. III para. 2

C9 Act applied (with modifications) by Housing Act 1985 (c. 68, SIF 61), s. 578 and Town and Country Planning Act 1990 (c. 8, SIF 123:1), s. 165(3)

C10 Act applied by Housing Act 1985 (c. 68, SIF 61), ss. 295(3), 307, Housing Act 1988 (c. 50, SIF 61), s. 78(2), Sch. 10 Pt. II para. 4(5), Town and Country Planning Act 1990 (c. 8, SIF 123:1), s. 236(5) and Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 (c. 9, SIF 123:1), s. 51(5)

C11 Act amended by Local Government Act 1985 (c. 51, SIF 81:1), s. 4, Sch. 1 Pt. I paras. 15(1), 18(2), Town and Country Planning Act 1990 (c. 8, SIF 123:1), ss. 49, 54(1), and amended (prosp.) by ss. 27, 28 of that Act

C12 Act excluded by British Railways (London) Act 1988 (c. xi), s. 19(3) and Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 (c. 9, SIF 123:1), s. 50(4)

C13 Act excluded by Heathrow Express Railway Act 1991 (c. vii), s. 33(3)

C14 Act modified by London Underground (Victoria) Act 1991 (c. x), s. 15(3)

C15 Act modified (25.11.1991) by Planning and Compensation Act 1991 (c. 34, SIF 123:1), s. 27, Sch. 4 Pt. I para. 44(9) (with s. 84(5)); S.I. 1991/2728, art. 2

C16 Act modified (28.11.1991) by London Underground (Safety Measures) Act 1991 (c. xviii), s. 20(3).

C17 Act modified (19.12.1991) by London Docklands Railway Act 1991 (c. xxiii), s. 10(3)

Act modified (1.4.1996) by 1990 c. 8, Sch. 2 Pt. 1A (as inserted by 1994 c. 19, s. 20(3), Sch. 5 Pt. II, para. 8 (with ss. 54(5)(7), 55(5), Sch. 17 paras. 22(1), 23(2)); S.I. 1995/3198, art. 4, Sch. 2)

Act modified (1.4.1996) by 1994 c. 19, s. 20(3), Sch. 5 Pt. III, para. 17(2)(3) (with ss. 54(5)(7), 55(5), Sch. 17 paras. 22(1), 23(2)); S.I. 1995/3198, art. 4, Sch. 2

Act modified (25.11.1998 for specified purposes and otherwise 3.7.2000) by 1998 c. 45, s. 19(6)-(8), Sch. 4 paras. 1-5; S.I. 1998/2952, art. 2(2); S.I. 2000/1173, art. 2(2)(c)

C18 Act modified (28.9.2004 for E., 15.10.2005 for W.) by Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004 (c. 5), s. 38 (with s. 111); S.I. 2004/2202, art. 2(c); S.I. 2005/2847, art. 2(a) (with art. 3(1)(2))

C19 Act modified (14.10.2008) by Felixstowe Branch Line and Ipswich Yard Improvement Order 2008 (S.I. 2008/2512), art. 30 (with art. 36(3))

C20 Act applied (1.12.2008) by Housing and Regeneration Act 2008 (c. 17), s. 325(1), Sch. 2 para. 7(2); S.I. 2008/3068, art. 2(1)(d) (with arts. 6-13)

C21 Act modified (29.12.2008) by Network Rail (Thameslink) (Land Acquisition) Order 2008 (S.I. 2008/3163), art. 10(3) (with art. 10(1)(2))

C22 Act modified (9.6.2009) by Nottingham Express Transit System Order 2009 (S.I. 2009/1300), art. 39 (with Sch. 13 para. 14(2), Sch. 14 para. 19)

C23 Act modified (18.9.2009) by London Underground (Victoria Station Upgrade) Order 2009 (S.I. 2009/2364), art. 27

C24 Act modified (28.10.2009) by Network Rail (Reading) (Land Acquisition) Order 2009 (S.I. 2009/2728), art. 14(3)

C25 Act modified (20.7.2010) by The Network Rail (Nuneaton North Chord) Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/1721), art. 22

C26 Act modified (1.2.2011) by The River Mersey (Mersey Gateway Bridge) Order 2011 (S.I. 2011/41), art. 31 (with art. 51, Sch. 10 paras. 68, 85)

C27 Act modified (21.4.2011) by The Network Rail (Hitchin (Cambridge Junction)) Order 2011 (S.I. 2011/1072), art. 27

C28 Act applied (with modifications) by 1990 c. 8, s. 165ZA(3) (as inserted (15.1.2012) by Localism Act 2011 (c. 20), s. 240(1)(l), Sch. 22 para. 33)

C29 Act modified (7.8.2012) by The Ipswich Barrier Order 2012 (S.I. 2012/1867), art. 30(4) (with arts. 46-48, Sch. 8 para. 18)

C30 Act modified (12.8.2012) by The Hinkley Point (Temporary Jetty) (Land Acquisition) Order 2012 (S.I. 2012/1924), art. 8

C31 Act modified (13.11.2012) by The Chiltern Railways (Bicester to Oxford Improvements) Order 2012 (S.I. 2012/2679), art. 33 (with art. 42(2))

C32 Act modified (28.3.2013) by The Network Rail (Seaham Level Crossing) Order 2013 (S.I. 2013/533), art. 10

C33 Act applied (with modifications) (15.8.2013) by The North Blyth Biomass Power Station Order 2013 (S.I. 2013/1873), arts. 15, 18 (with art. 30)

C34 Act modified (22.8.2013) by The Leeds Railway Station (Southern Entrance) Order 2013 (S.I. 2013/1933), art. 30(3)

C35 Act modified (6.11.2013) by The Transport for Greater Manchester (Light Rapid Transit System) (Second City Crossing) Order 2013 (S.I. 2013/2587), art. 35(3) (with arts. 42, 43)

C36 Act modified (9.1.2014) by The Ashton Vale to Temple Meads and Bristol City Centre Rapid Transit Order 2013 (S.I. 2013/3244), art. 31 (with arts. 57, 58, Sch. 11 para. 19)

C37 Act modified (11.3.2014) by The Crossrail (Paddington Station Bakerloo Line Connection) Order 2014 (S.I. 2014/310), art. 15

C38 Act modified (29.7.2014) by The Felixstowe Branch Line (Land Acquisition) Order 2014 (S.I. 2014/1821), art. 11(3)

C39 Act applied (19.8.2014) by The Network Rail (Huyton) Order 2014 (S.I. 2014/2027), art. 24(3) (with art. 31(2))

Act modified (24.9.2014) by The Thames Water Utilities Limited (Thames Tideway Tunnel) Order 2014 (S.I. 2014/2384), arts. 1, 38(3)

C40 Act applied (with modifications) (15.12.2014) by The London Underground (Northern Line Extension) Order 2014 (S.I. 2014/3102), art. 33(3) (with Sch. 8 para. 45)

C41 Act modified (21.4.2015) by The Network Rail (Ordsall Chord) Order 2015 (S.I. 2015/780), art. 30(3) (with art. 36(2))

C42 Act modified (21.4.2015) by The Crossrail (Plumstead Sidings) Order 2015 (S.I. 2015/781), art. 14(3)

C43 Act modified (7.8.2015) by The Preesall Underground Gas Storage Facility Order 2015 (S.I. 2015/1561), art. 26(3) (with art. 44)

C44 Act modified (30.9.2015) by The Network Rail (Blackthorn and Piddington) (Land Acquisition) Order 2015 (S.I. 2015/1684), art. 9(3)

C45 Act applied (16.12.2015) by The Network Rail (Tinsley Chord) Order 2015 (S.I. 2015/1876), art. 21(3)

C46 Act modified (12.1.2016) by The London Underground (Bank Station Capacity Upgrade) Order 2015 (S.I. 2015/2044), art. 28(3)

C47 Act applied (2.8.2016) by The Midland Metro (Wolverhampton City Centre Extension) Order 2016 (S.I. 2016/684), art. 38(4) (with arts. 46, 47, Sch. 9 para. 4, Sch. 10 para. 12(2))

C48 Act applied (2.8.2016) by The Midland Metro (Wolverhampton City Centre Extension) Order 2016 (S.I. 2016/684), art. 36(3) (with arts. 46, 47, Sch. 9 para. 4, Sch. 10 para. 12(2))

C49 Act modified (15.9.2016) by The River Humber Gas Pipeline Replacement Order 2016 (S.I. 2016/853), art. 30(3) (with art. 43)

C50 Act applied (23.9.2016) by The M4 Motorway (Junctions 3 to 12) (Smart Motorway) Development Consent Order 2016 (S.I. 2016/863), art. 16(3)

C51 Act applied (24.11.2016) by The Transport for Greater Manchester (Light Rapid Transit System) (Trafford Park Extension) Order 2016 (S.I. 2016/1035), art. 38(4) (with arts. 43, 44)

C52 Act modified (24.11.2016) by The Transport for Greater Manchester (Light Rapid Transit System) (Trafford Park Extension) Order 2016 (S.I. 2016/1035), art. 36(3) (with arts. 43, 44)

C53 Act applied (with modifications) by 1981 c. 66, s. 7(1) (as substituted (3.2.2017) by Housing and Planning Act 2016 (c. 22), s. 216(3), Sch. 18 para. 3; S.I. 2017/75, reg. 3(k) (with reg. 5))

C54 Act modified (8.8.2017) by The Wrexham Gas Fired Generating Station Order 2017 (S.I. 2017/766), Sch. 7 para. 3

C55 Act applied (with modifications) (5.9.2017) by The London Overground (Barking Riverside Extension) Order 2017 (S.I. 2017/830), art. 31 (with Sch. 8 para. 20)

C56 Act applied (with modifications) (5.9.2017) by The London Overground (Barking Riverside Extension) Order 2017 (S.I. 2017/830), Sch. 3 para. 3 (with Sch. 8 para. 20)

C57 Act modified (19.12.2017) by The Network Rail (Buxton Sidings Extension) Order 2017 (S.I. 2017/1150), art. 26(3) (with art. 32(2))

C58 Act applied (with modifications) (19.12.2017) by The Network Rail (Buxton Sidings Extension) Order 2017 (S.I. 2017/1150), Sch. 7 paras. 1, 2 (with art. 32(2))

C59 Act applied (with modifications) (2.1.2018) by The Boston Barrier Order 2017 (S.I. 2017/1329), art. 41 (with arts. 55-57, Sch. 8 para. 13)

C60 Act applied (with modifications) (2.1.2018) by The Boston Barrier Order 2017 (S.I. 2017/1329), art. 1, Sch. 3 paras. 1, 3 (with arts. 55-57, Sch. 8 para. 13)

C61 Act modified (4.1.2018) by The Blackpool Tramway (Blackpool North Extension) Order 2017 (S.I. 2017/1214), Sch. 4 para. 2 (with arts. 58, 59)

C62 Act modified (18.4.2018) by The Network Rail (Hope Valley Capacity) Order 2018 (S.I. 2018/446), Sch. 6 para. 2 (with arts. 24(8), 33(2))

C63 Act modified (18.4.2018) by The Network Rail (Hope Valley Capacity) Order 2018 (S.I. 2018/446), art. 27(3) (with arts. 24(8), 33(2))

C64 Act applied (18.4.2018) by The Network Rail (Hope Valley Capacity) Order 2018 (S.I. 2018/446), art. 28(5) (with arts. 24(8), 28(6), 33(2))

C65 Act modified (31.5.2018) by The Silvertown Tunnel Order 2018 (S.I. 2018/574), Sch. 5 para. 2

C66 Act modified (31.5.2018) by The Silvertown Tunnel Order 2018 (S.I. 2018/574), art. 37(3)

C67 Act modified (4.6.2018) by The Network Rail (Kings Mill No. 1 Level Crossing) (Land Acquisition and Closure) Order 2018 (S.I. 2018/571), art. 12

C68 Act modified (4.6.2018) by The Network Rail (Kings Mill No. 1 Level Crossing) (Land Acquisition and Closure) Order 2018 (S.I. 2018/571), Sch. 2 para. 2

C69 Act modified (28.6.2018) by The High Speed Rail (London West Midlands) (Greatmoor Railway Sidings Etc.) Order 2018 (S.I. 2018/693), art. 12(3)

C70 Act modified (28.6.2018) by The High Speed Rail (London West Midlands) (Greatmoor Railway Sidings Etc.) Order 2018 (S.I. 2018/693), Sch. 6 para. 2

C71 Act modified (24.8.2018) by The Network Rail (Werrington Grade Separation) Order 2018 (S.I. 2018/923), Sch. 9 para. 2 (with art. 31(2))

C72 Act modified (26.9.2018) by The Network Rail (Felixstowe Branch Line Improvements Level Crossings Closure) Order 2018 (S.I. 2018/937), art. 16

C73 Act applied (with modifications) (26.9.2018) by The Network Rail (Felixstowe Branch Line Improvements Level Crossings Closure) Order 2018 (S.I. 2018/937), Sch. 8 para. 2

C74 Act modified (3.10.2018) by The A19/A184 Testos Junction Alteration Development Consent Order 2018 (S.I. 2018/994), Sch. 6 para. 2 (with arts. 3(3), 5)

C75 Act applied (with modifications) (12.10.2018) by The Eggborough Gas Fired Generating Station Order 2018 (S.I. 2018/1020), Sch. 9 para. 3 (with arts. 6, 42)

C76 Act modified (13.3.2019) by The Port of Tilbury (Expansion) Order 2019 (S.I. 2019/359), art. 39(3) (with arts. 55, 56)

C77 Act modified (13.3.2019) by The Port of Tilbury (Expansion) Order 2019 (S.I. 2019/359), Sch. 5 para. 2 (with arts. 55, 56)

C78 Act modified (3.4.2019) by The Millbrook Gas Fired Generating Station Order 2019 (S.I. 2019/578), art. 1, Sch. 8 para. 3

Commencement Information

I1 Act wholly in force at 1.8.1961 see s. 42(2)