Version Superseded: 06/04/2010
Point in time view as at 01/04/2008. This version of this provision has been superseded.
Local Government Act 1972, Section 129 is up to date with all changes known to be in force on or before 06 March 2025. There are changes that may be brought into force at a future date. Changes that have been made appear in the content and are referenced with annotations.
(1)With the consent of the Secretary of State, any purchase money or compensation payable in pursuance of the foregoing provisions of this Part of this Act by a local authority in respect of any land acquired from another local authority, being money or compensation which would, apart from this section, be required to be paid into court in accordance with the M1Compulsory Purchase Act 1965, may, instead of being so paid, be paid and applied as the Secretary of State may determine.
(2)A decision of the Secretary of State under this section shall be final.
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1S. 129 modified (07.08.1991) by S.I. 1991/1773, art. 8(2), Sch.2.
S. 129: certain functions transferred (07.08.1991) by S.I. 1991/1773, art. 8, Sch.2.
C2S.129 modified (10.01.1992) by S.I. 1991/2913, art. 8(2), Sch.2.
S.129: certain functions transferred (10.01.1992) by S.I. 1991/2913, art. 8, Sch.2.
S. 129 extended (with modifications) (19.9.1995) by 1995 c. 25, ss. 65, 125(2), Sch. 8 para. 1(1)(b)(4) (with ss. 7(6), 115, 117, Sch. 8 para. 7)
S. 129: power conferred to make provisions about matters of the kind dealt with in this section (1.9.1997) by 1997 c. 50, s. 44(1), Sch. 4(a)(vii); S.I. 1997/1930, art. 2(1)(2)(m)
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