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- Act applied by 2023 asc 3 s. 43(2)
- Act applied by 2023 asc 3 s. 50(13)
- Act applied by 2023 asc 3 s. 137(6)
- s. 7(4) inserted by 2023 c. 55 Sch. 18 para. 3(2)(b)
- s. 26(1A)-(3) substituted for s. 26(1)(2) by 2023 c. 55 Sch. 18 para. 3(3)
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- Act applied by 2023 asc 3 s. 43(2)
- Act applied by 2023 asc 3 s. 50(13)
- Act applied by 2023 asc 3 s. 137(6)
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- s. 7(4) inserted by 2023 c. 55 Sch. 18 para. 3(2)(b)
- s. 26(1A)-(3) substituted for s. 26(1)(2) by 2023 c. 55 Sch. 18 para. 3(3)
1U.K.In the enactment specified in the Table below for “Acquisition of Land (Authorisation Procedure) Act 1946” or “said Act of 1946” substitute “ Acquisition of Land Act 1981 ”.
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| In the Metropolitan Police Act 1886 (c. 22) |
| section 4(11). |
| In the Small Holdings and Allotments Act 1908 (c. 36) |
| section 25(1). |
| F1. . . |
| In the Fire Services Act 1947 (c. 41) |
| section 3(5). |
| In the Agriculture Act 1947 (c. 48) |
| F2. . . |
| section 93(1)(b). |
| F3. . . |
| F4. . . |
| In the Coast Protection Act 1949 (c. 74) |
| section 14(1) and (3) |
| section 27(3) and (6). |
| F5. . . |
| In the Prison Act 1952 (c. 52) |
| section 36(2). |
| [F6In the Town Development Act 1952 (c. 54)] |
| [F6section 6(4).] |
| In the Atomic Energy Authority Act 1954 (c. 32) |
| sections 5(1) and 9(3). |
| F7. . . |
| In the Underground Works (London) Act 1956 (c. 59) |
| section 6(6). |
| F8. . . |
| In the Caravan Sites and Control of Development Act 1960 (c. 62) |
| section 24(6). |
| In the Transport Act 1962 (c. 46) |
| section 15(1), (3) and (4). |
| F9. . . |
| In the Agriculture Act 1967 (c. 22) |
| section 51(7). |
| F10. . . |
| In the Leasehold Reform Act 1967 (c. 88) |
| paragraph 3(4) of Schedule 4. |
| F11. . . |
| F12. . . |
| section 55(1), (2) and (3). |
| F13. . . |
| F13. . . |
| F14. . . |
| In the Gas Act 1972 (c. 60) |
| paragraph 3(1) of Schedule 2. |
| In the Local Government Act 1972 (c. 70) |
| section 121(4) |
| F15. . . |
| In the Slaughterhouses Act 1974 (c. 3) |
| section 30(2). |
| F16. . . |
| F17. . . |
| section 22(5). |
| F18 . . . |
| F18 . . .. |
| F19. . . |
| section 28(1). |
| In the Refuse Disposal (Amenity) Act 1978 (c. 3) |
| section 7. |
| In the Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Areas Act 1979 (c. 46) |
| section 10(2) |
| section 16(9). |
Textual Amendments
F1Entry repealed by Energy Act 1983 (c. 25, SIF 44:1), Sch. 4 Pt. I
F2 Entry in Sch. 4 para. 1 repealed (22.7.2004) by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 2004 (c. 14), Sch. 1 Pt. 2 Group 1
F3Entry repealed by Electricity Act 1989 (c. 29, SIF 44:1), s. 112(4), Sch. 18
F4Entry repealed by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1986 (c. 12), s. 1, Sch. 1 Pt. VII
F5Entry repealed by Mineral Workings Act 1985 (c. 12, SIF 86), Sch. 2
F6Entry repealed (prosp.) by Local Government and Housing Act 1989 (c. 42, SIF 81:1), s. 194(4), Sch. 12 Pt. II
F7Entry repealed by Food Act 1984 (c. 30, SIF 53:1), Sch. 11
F8Entry repealed by Housing (Consequential Provisions) Act 1985 (c. 71, SIF 61), s. 3, Sch. 1 Pt. I
F9Entry repealed by Water Act 1989 (c. 15, SIF 130), s. 190, Sch. 27 Pt. I (with ss. 58(7), 101(1), 141(6), 160(1)(2)(4), 163, 189(4)–(10), 190, 193(1), Sch. 26 paras. 3(1)(2), 17, 40(4), 41(1), 57(6), 58)
F10Entry repealed by Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 (c. 27, SIF 107:1), s. 146, Sch. 14
F11Entry repealed by Housing (Consequential Provisions) Act 1985 (c. 71, SIF 61), s. 3, Sch. 1 Pt. I
F12Entry in Sch. 4 para. 1 Table repealed (26.3.2001 subject to art. 1(3) of the amending S.I.) by S.I. 2001/1149, art. 3(2), Sch. 2
F13Words in Sch. 4 para. 1 repealed (1.4.2005) by Courts Act 2003 (c. 39), s. 110(1), Sch. 10; S.I. 2005/910, art. 3(aa)
F14Entry repealed by Planning (Consequential Provisions) Act 1990 (c. 11, SIF:123:1, 2), s. 3, Sch. 1
F16Entry repealed by Housing (Consequential Provisions) Act 1985 (c. 71, SIF 61), s. 3, Sch. 1 Pt. I
F17Entry in Sch. 4 para. 1 Table repealed (1.10.1998) by 1998 c. 38, s. 152, Sch. 18 Pt. III (with ss. 137(1), 139(2), 143(2)); S.I. 1998/2244, art. 4
F18Entry in Sch. 4 para. 1 repealed (1.12.1991) by Water Consolidation (Consequential Provisions) Act 1991 (c. 60, SIF 130), ss. 3, 4(2), Sch. 3 Part I (with Sch. 2 paras. 10, 14(1), 15)
F19Entry in Sch. 4 para. 1 Table repealed (1.10.1998) by 1998 c. 38, s. 152, Sch. 18 Pt. IV (with ss. 137(1), 139(2), 143(2)); S.I. 1998/2244, art. 4
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