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- s. 1(1A)(c)(d) inserted by 2024 asc 3 Sch. 3 para. 7(2)
- s. 3(1A)(c)(d) inserted by 2024 asc 3 Sch. 3 para. 7(3)
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- s. 1(1A)(c)(d) inserted by 2024 asc 3 Sch. 3 para. 7(2)
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12 Special parliamentary procedure.E+W+S
(1)An order under section 1 or 3 above authorising a compulsory purchase shall be subject to special parliamentary procedure to the same extent as it would be, by virtue of section 18 or 19 of the Acquisition of Land Act 1981 (or by virtue of paragraph 5 or 6 of Schedule 3 to that Act) (National Trust land, commons etc), if the purchase were authorised by an order under section 2(1) of that Act.
(2)In section 3 of the M1Statutory Orders (Special Procedure) Act 1945 (petitions against orders subject to special parliamentary procedure) after subsection (4) there shall be inserted—
“(4A)The Chairmen shall not certify that a petition is proper to be received if the order to which it relates is made under section 1 or 3 of the Transport and Works Act 1992 and either—
(a)the petition is a petition of general objection and the order relates to proposals which have been approved by each House of Parliament in accordance with section 9 of that Act, or
(b)the petition is a petition for amendment and any of the amendments asked for would in the opinion of the Chairmen be inconsistent with such proposals.”
(3)In relation to an order under section 1 or 3 above which is subject to special parliamentary procedure—
(a)section 13(5) below shall not apply,
(b)section 22 below shall not apply if the order is confirmed by Act of Parliament under section [F14 or] 6 of the Statutory Orders (Special Procedure) Act 1945, and
(c)in any other case, section 22(1) below shall have effect as if for the reference to the day on which the notice required by section 14(1)(b) is published there were substituted a reference to the day on which the order comes into operation under the M2Statutory Orders (Special Procedure) Act 1945.
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F1Words in s. 12(3)(b) inserted (25.6.2013) by Growth and Infrastructure Act 2013 (c. 27), ss. 25(9), 35(1); S.I. 2013/1488, art. 3(e) (with art. 8(3))
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I1Pt. I (ss. 1-25) wholly in force at 1. 1. 1993 see s. 70 and S.I. 1992/2784, art. 2, Sch. 1.
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