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Compulsory Purchase Act 1965
1965 CHAPTER 56
An Act to consolidate the Lands Clauses Acts as applied by Part I of Schedule 2 to the Acquisition of Land (Authorisation Procedure) Act 1946, and by certain other enactments, and to repeal certain provisions in the Lands Clauses Acts and related enactments which have ceased to have any effect.
[5th August 1965]
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C1Words of enactment omitted under authority of Statute Law Revision Act 1948 (c. 62), s. 3
C2Act applied with modifications by Land Commission Act 1967 (c. 1), ss. 10, 14(4), and Courts Act 1971 (c. 23), s. 28(4), Sch. 3 para. 3
C3Act modified by Local Government Act 1972 (c. 70, SIF 81:1), s. 129
C4Act applied with modifications by Land Drainage Act 1976 (c. 70, SIF 73:1), s. 37(4); S.I. 1978/268, art. 4 and by Highways Act 1980 (c. 66, SIF 59), s. 250, Sch. 19
Act applied by Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Areas Act 1979 (c. 46, SIF 3), ss. 11(4), 16(11)
C5Act modified by Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1976 (c. 57, SIF 81:1), s. 13(2); by Compulsory Purchase (Vesting Declarations) Act 1981 (c. 66, SIF 28:1), s. 7(1)(b) and by Acquisition of Land Act 1981 (c. 67, SIF 28:1), s. 30(1)
C6Act applied with modifications by Housing Act 1985 (c. 68, SIF 61), s. 578
C7Act applied with modifications by Housing Act 1988 (c. 50, SIF 61), ss. 77(7), 78(2), Sch. 10 Pt. III paras. 5(4), 20–23
C8Act applied with modifications by Electricity Act 1989 (c. 29, SIF 44:1), s. 10(1), Sch. 3 paras. 6–13
C9Act modified by Water Act 1989 (c. 15, SIF 130), ss. 151(5) (6), 155(3)-(7), Sch. 18 para. 2(1), Sch. 20 para. 6(1) (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), 57(6), 58)
C10Act extended and applied (with modifications) by Heathrow Express Railway Act 1991 (c. vii), ss. 4(1)(2), 21(3)(a), 24(1)(2)(a), Sch. 3; and applied (with modifications) by Heathrow Express Railway (No. 2) Act 1991 (c. ix), s. 3(1)(2)
C11Act modified by Town and Country Planning Act 1990 (c. 8, SIF 123:1), ss. 237(4)(a), 245(4)
C12Act amended and modified by Gas Act 1986 (c. 44, SIF 44:2), s. 9(3), Sch. 3 Pt. II paras. 5-12
C13Act applied in part with modifications by Killingholme Generating Stations (Ancillary Powers) Act 1991 (c. viii), ss. 2(2), 20(4), 24(2).
C14Act applied (26.7.1991) by S.I. 1991/1760, art. 5(2).
C15Act applied with modifications (01.12.1991) by Water Industry Act 1991 (c. 56, SIF 130), ss. 155(5)(6), 167, 223(2), Sch. 9, Sch. 11 para. 6(1)(a)
C16Act modified (1.12.1991) by Water Resources Act 1991 (c. 57, SIF 130), ss. 154(5)(6), 168(3), 225(2), Sch.18, Sch. 19 para. 6(1)(a) (with ss. 16(6), 179(1), 222(2)(3), Sch. 22 paras. 1(1), 2, 4)
C17Power to modify conferred (1.12.1991) by Land Drainage Act 1991 (c. 59, SIF 73:1), ss. 62(5)(b), 76(2) (with ss. 67(3)(5)(8), 72(6)(8), 74(3)(4))
C18Act applied (with modifications) (22.10.1991) by Greater Manchester (Light Rapid Transit System) Act 1991 (c. xvi), ss. 3(1)(2), 13, Sch. para. 1 (with s. 14(3)(e))
Act applied (16.3.1992) by Avon Weir Act 1992 (c. v), ss. 4(1)(a)(b), 26(2)(3), 31(2), Sch. 3 (with s. 61)
Act applied (16.3.1992) by Aire and Calder Navigation Act 1992 (c. iv), ss. 4(1)(2), 21(3)(4), 28(2), Sch. 3 (with s. 38)
Act applied (16.7.1992) by Cattewater Reclamation Act 1992 (c. xiv), ss. 3(2)(a)(b), 5(4), 9(2), Sch. (with ss. 23, 24, 27, 33)
Act applied (with modifications) (10.11.1993) by Leasehold Reform, Housing and Urban Development Act 1993 (c. 28), s. 169, Sch. 20 paras.5, 20-23; S.I. 1993/2762, art. 3
Act applied (with modifications) (31.3.1994) by British Railways Act 1994 (c. iv), ss. 4, 17, Sch. 2
Act applied (with modifications) (26.5.1994) by Greater Manchester (Light Rapid Transit System) Act 1994 (c. vi), s. 13, Sch.; and (26.9.1995) by S.I. 1995/2383, art. 4; and (11.11.1996) by S.I. 1996/2714, arts. 25, 26(3), Sch. 6 paras. 3-9; and (21.5.1997) by S.I. 1997/1266, arts. 25, 26(3), Sch. 8 paras. 3-9; and (27.8.1998) by S.I. 1998/1936, arts. 27, 29(2)(3), 35, Sch. 7 paras. 3-9; and (13.11.1998) by S.I. 1998/2919, art. 4(1)(2); and (2.3.2001) by S.I. 2001/1367, art. 9, Sch. 2 paras. 3-9; and (2.3.2001) by S.I. 2001/1368, art. 9, Sch. 3 paras. 3-9; and (2.3.2001) by S.I. 2001/1369, art. 6, Sch. 1 paras. 3-9; and (31.5.2002) by S.I. 2002/1327, art. 21, Sch. 4
Act applied (21.7.1994) by Greater Nottingham Light Rapid Transit Act 1994 (c. xv), s. 32(3)
Act applied by Opencast Coal Act 1958 (c. 69), s. 16(4A) (as inserted (31.10.1994) by 1994 c. 21, s. 52, Sch. 8 (with s. 40(3)); S.I. 1994/2553, art. 2)
Act applied (with modifications) (30.10.1994) by Conservation (Natural Habitats, &c.) Regulations 1994 (S.I. 1994/2716), reg. 98(3)
Act applied (with modifications) (7.3.1995) by Barking Barrage Order 1995 (S.I. 1995/519), arts. 22, 23(3), Sch. 4 paras. 3-5
Act applied (with modifications) (18.12.1996) by Channel Tunnel Rail Link Act 1996 (c. 61), ss. 4, 5, 6, 43, 47, Sch. 4 Pt. III paras. 14, 15, Sch. 5 para. 3(3)(a)
Act applied (with modifications) (10.2.1997) by London Underground (East London Line Extension) Order 1997 (S.I. 1997/264), arts. 18, 19(3), Sch. 7 paras. 3-9
Act applied (with modifications) (3.6.1999) by Railtrack (Luton Parkway Station: Land Acquisition) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/1555), arts. 4(1)(2), 8, Sch. 1 paras. 3-9
Act applied (with modifications) (20.8.1999) by Railtrack (Leeds Bridges) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/2336), arts. 13(1)(2), 14(3), 19, Sch. 4 paras. 3-9
Act modified (23.8.1999) by River Thames (Hungerford Footbridges) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/2981), arts. 16, 17(3), 23, Sch. 7 paras. 3-9
Act applied (with modifications) (24.12.1999) by Knowsley Industrial Park (Rail Terminal) Order 1999 (S.I. 2000/428), arts. 11, 13, Sch. 3 paras. 3-9
Act applied (with modifications) (26.3.2001) by Postal Services Act 2000 (c. 26), s. 95, Sch. 5, Pt. II; S.I. 2000/2957, art. 2(3), Sch. 3
Act applied (with modifications) (29.3.2001) by Leeds Supertram (Extension) Order 2001 (S.I. 2001/1347), arts. 25, 26, 31, Sch. 7 paras. 3-9 (with arts. 15, 37, 38(2)); and by Leeds Supertram (Land Acquisition and Road Works) Order 2001 (S.I. 2001/1348), arts. 4(1), 6(3), Sch. 2 paras. 3-9
Act applied (with modifications) (18.7.2001) by Railtrack (Shortlands Junction) Order 2001 (S.I. 2001/2870), arts. 14, 15, Sch. 2 paras. 3-9
Act applied (with modifications) (24.7.2001) by South Hampshire Rapid Transit Order 2001 (S.I. 2001/3627), arts. 36, 38, 44, Sch. 8 paras. 3-9
Act applied (with modifications) (9.11.2001) by London Underground (East London Line Extension) (No. 2) Order 2001 (S.I. 2001/3682), arts. 19, 21, 25, Sch. 7 paras. 3-9
Act applied (with modifications) (14.3.2002) by Chester Guided Busway Order 2002 (S.I. 2002/412), arts. 17, 18, 21, 23, Sch. 4 paras. 3-9 (with art. 38)
Act applied (with modifications) (30.4.2002) by Heathrow Express Railway Extension Order 2002 (S.I. 2002/1064), arts. 10, 11, 18, Sch. 2 paras. 3-9
Act applied (with modifications) (30.4.2002) by Piccadilly Line (Heathrow T5 Extension) Order 2002 (S.I. 2002/1065), arts. 10, 11, Sch. 3 paras. 3-9
Act applied (with modifications) (30.4.2002) by Docklands Light Railway (Silvertown and London City Airport Extension) Order 2002 (S.I. 2002/1066), arts. 19, 21, 23, 25, Sch. 7 paras. 3-9
C19Act applied (with modifications) (28.4.2003) by Network Rail (West Coast Main Line) Order 2003 (S.I. 2003/1075), arts. 1, 25, 32, Sch. 9 paras. 3-9, Sch. 9 paras. 4-9 (with art. 40)
C20Act modified (12.1.2004) by The Alconbury Airfield (Rail Facilities and Connection to East Coast Main Line) Order 2003 (S.I. 2003/3364), arts. 1, 14, Sch. 4 paras. 3-9
C21Act applied (with modifications) (4.3.2004) by The Network Rail (West Coast Main Line) Order 2004 (S.I. 2004/389), arts. 1, 23, 24, 32(1), Sch. 9 paras. 3-9, Sch. 13 para. 42(3) (with art. 38)
C22Act applied (with modifications) by Coal Industry Act 1994 (c. 21), Sch. 1B para. 2 (as inserted (1.4.2004) by Water Act 2003 (c. 37), s. 105(3), Sch. 6; S.I. 2004/641, art. 3(w) (with Sch. 3 para. 7))
C23Act applied (with modifications) (2.4.2004) by Docklands Light Railway (Woolwich Arsenal Extension) Order 2004 (S.I. 2004/757), arts. 1, 24, 34, 37, Sch. 8 paras. 3-9
C24Act applied (with modifications) (19.11.2004) by Scarweather Sands Offshore Wind Farm Order 2004 (S.I. 2004/3054), arts. 1, 19, Sch. 3 paras. 3-9 (with art. 38)
C25Act applied (with modifications) (28.1.2005) by East Midlands Parkway Station (Land Acquisition) Order 2005 (S.I. 2005/8), arts. 1, 4, 8, 10, Sch. 1 paras. 3-9
C26Act applied (with modifications) (11.2.2005) by Merseytram (Liverpool City Centre to Kirkby) Order 2005 (S.I. 2005/120), arts. 1, 30, 39, 41, Sch. 7 paras. 3-9 (with arts. 65, 66)
C27Act modified (22.3.2005) by Midland Metro (Wednesbury to Brierley Hill and Miscellaneous Amendments) Order 2005 (S.I. 2005/927), arts. 30, 38, 40, Sch. 7 paras. 3-9 (with art. 51)
C28Act modified (4.5.2005) by The Telford Railfreight Terminal (Donnington) Order 2005 (S.I. 2005/1163), arts. 1, 14, 17, 19, Sch. 6 paras. 3-9
C29Act applied (with modifications) (3.8.2005) by The Greater Manchester (Leigh Busway) Order 2005 (S.I. 2005/1918), arts. 1, 21, Sch. 7 paras. 3-9
C30Act modified (26.8.2005) by River Tyne (Tunnels) Order 2005 (S.I. 2005/2222), arts. 1, 22, 30, Sch. 7 paras. 3-9 (with arts. 45(1), 48, Sch. 10 paras. 21, 29)
C31Act applied (with modifications) (8.10.2005) by Leicestershire County Council (Ashby de la Zouch Canal Extension) Order 2005 (S.I. 2005/2786), arts. 1, 17, 18, Sch. 7 paras. 3-5
C32Act applied (with modifications) (25.11.2005) by Docklands Light Railway (Capacity Enhancement) Order 2005 (S.I. 2005/3105), arts. 1, 25, 33, 36, Sch. 7 paras. 3-9 (with arts. 3(5), 15(3))
C33Act applied (with modifications) (11.1.2006) by The Cambridgeshire Guided Busway Order 2005 (S.I. 2005/3523), arts. 1, 23, 31, 33, Sch. 7 paras. 3-9 (with art. 52)
C34Act applied (with modifications) (14.9.2006) by The Borough of Poole (Poole Harbour Opening Bridges) Order 2006 (S.I. 2006/2310), arts. 1, 19, 26, Sch. 3 paras. 3-9 (with art. 40, Sch. 7 para. 12)
C35Act applied (with modifications) (22.11.2006) by Docklands Light Railway (Stratford International Extension) Order 2006 (S.I. 2006/2905), arts. 1, 21, 30, 33, Sch. 8 paras. 3-9 (with art. 43)
C36Act modified (13.12.2006) by The Network Rail (Thameslink 2000) Order 2006 (S.I. 2006/3117), arts. 1, 25, 31, Sch. 7 paras. 3-9 (with arts. 34, 35(2))
C37Act applied (with modifications) (13.12.2006) by Luton Dunstable Translink Order 2006 (S.I. 2006/3118), arts. 1, 20, 26, 28, Sch. 7 paras. 3-9
C38Act applied (with modifications) (19.3.2007) by Ouseburn Barrage Order 2007 (S.I. 2007/608), arts. 1, 24, 30, 32, Sch. 4 paras. 3-9 (with arts. 46-48, Sch. 6 para. 23)
C39Act applied (with modifications) (23.8.2007) by Docklands Light Railway (Capacity Enhancement and 2012 Games Preparation) Order 2007 (S.I. 2007/2297), arts. 1, 21, 29, 31, Sch. 6 paras. 3-9 (with arts. 3(6), 12(3))
C40Act applied (with modifications) (17.12.2007) by Felixstowe Dock and Railway Company (Land Acquisition) Order 2007 (S.I. 2007/3345), arts. 1(1), 4, 8, Sch. 1 paras. 4-9
C41Act applied (with modifications) (21.5.2008) by Teesport (Land Acquisition) Order 2008 (S.I. 2008/1238), arts. 1(1), 4, 9, Sch. 1 paras. 3-9
C42Act applied (with modifications) (14.10.2008) by Felixstowe Branch Line and Ipswich Yard Improvement Order 2008 (S.I. 2008/2512), arts. 1, 23, 27(10), 28(10), 31, 33(1), Sch. 6 paras. 3-9 (with art. 36(3))
C43Act applied (with modifications) (1.12.2008) by Housing and Regeneration Act 2008 (c. 17), s. 325(1), Sch. 2 paras. 8-17; S.I. 2008/3068, art. 2(1)(d) (with arts. 6-13)
C44Act applied (with modifications) (9.6.2009) by Nottingham Express Transit System Order 2009 (S.I. 2009/1300), arts. 1, 30, 36(9), 37(11), 40, Sch. 7 paras. 3-9
C45Act applied (with modifications) (18.9.2009) by The London Underground (Victoria Station Upgrade) Order 2009 (S.I. 2009/2364), arts. 1, 18, 24(10), 25(11), 28, 30, Sch. 5 paras. 3-9
C46Act applied (with modifications) (28.10.2009) by The Network Rail (Reading) (Land Acquisition) Order 2009 (S.I. 2009/2728), arts. 1, 4, 10(10), 11(4), 12(10), 15, 17, Sch. 2 paras. 3-9
C47Act applied (with modifications) (1.3.2010) by Planning Act 2008 (c. 29), ss. 125(2) (3), 241(8) (with s. 226); S.I. 2010/101, art. 3(f) (with art. 6)
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