26.—(1) The 1981 Act applies as if this Order were a compulsory purchase order.
(2) The 1981 Act, as applied by paragraph (1), has effect with the following modifications.
(3) In section 1 (application of Act) for subsection (2) substitute—
“(2) This section applies to any Minister, any local or other public authority or any other body or person authorised to acquire land by means of a compulsory purchase order.”
(4) In section 5 (earliest date for execution of declaration), in subsection (2), omit the words from “, and this subsection” to the end.
(5) Omit section 5A M1 (time limit for general vesting declaration).
(6) In section 5B M2 (extension of time limit during challenge) for “section 23 of the Acquisition of Land Act 1981 (application to High Court in respect of compulsory purchase order), the three year period mentioned in section 5A” substitute “ section 118 M3 (legal challenges relating to applications for orders granting development consent) of the Planning Act 2008, the five year period mentioned in article 21 of the Silvertown Tunnel Order 2018 ”.
(7) In section 6 M4 (notices after execution of declaration), in subsection (1)(b), for “section 15 of, or paragraph 6 of Schedule 1 to, the Acquisition of Land Act 1981” substitute “ section 134 M5 (notice of authorisation of compulsory acquisition) of the Planning Act 2008 ”.
(8) In section 7 (constructive notice to treat) in subsection (1)(a), omit “(as modified by section 4 of the Acquisition of Land Act 1981)”.
(9) In Schedule A1 M6 (counter-notice requiring purchase of land not in general vesting declaration), for paragraph 1(2) substitute—
“(2) But see article 27(4) (acquisition of subsoil, etc., only) of the Silvertown Tunnel Order 2018 M7, which excludes the acquisition of subsoil or airspace only from this Schedule.”
(10) References to the 1965 Act in the 1981 Act are to be construed as references to the 1965 Act as applied by section 125 (application of compulsory acquisition provisions) of the 2008 Act (and as modified by article 25 (modification of Part 1 of the [F11965 Act])) to the compulsory acquisition of land under this Order.
Textual Amendments
F1Words in art. 26(10) substituted (22.2.2019) by The Silvertown Tunnel (Correction) Order 2019 (S.I. 2019/413), arts. 1, 2(6)
Marginal Citations
M1As inserted by section 182(2) of the Housing and Planning Act 2016 (c. 22).
M2As inserted by section 202(2) of the Housing and Planning Act 2016 (c. 22).
M3As amended by paragraphs 1 and 59 of Schedule 13, and Part 20 of Schedule 25, to the Localism Act 2011 (c. 20) and section 92(4) of the Criminal Justice and Courts Act 2015 (c. 2).
M4As amended by paragraph 52(2) of Schedule 2 to the Planning (Consequential Provisions) Act 1990 (c. 11) and paragraph 7 of Schedule 15 to the Housing and Planning Act 2016 (c. 22).
M5As amended by section 142 of, and Part 21 of Schedule 25 to, the Localism Act 2011 (c. 20) and S.I. 2017/16.
M6As inserted by paragraph 6 of Schedule 18 to the Housing and Planning Act 2016 (c. 22).