Version Superseded: 26/03/2001
Point in time view as at 27/05/1997. This version of this provision has been superseded.
Local Government, Planning and Land Act 1980, Section 141 is up to date with all changes known to be in force on or before 07 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)Subject to subsection (2) below, the Secretary of State may by order made by statutory instrument provide that land specified in the order which is vested in a local authority, statutory undertakers or other public body or in a subsidiary of a public body shall vest in an urban development corporation established or to be established by an order under section 135 above for an area in which the land is situated.
(2)An order under subsection (1) above may not specify land vested in statutory undertakers which is used for the purpose of carrying on their undertakings or which is held for that purpose.
(3)In the case of land vested in statutory undertakers the Secretary of State and the appropriate Minister shall make any order under this section.
(4)An order under this section shall have the same effect as a declaration under [F1the M1Compulsory Purchase (Vesting Declarations) Act 1981] or, in Scotland, [F2section 195 of the Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1997] (both of which relate to general vesting declarations) except that, in relation to such orders, the enactments mentioned in Schedule 27 shall have effect subject to the modifications specified in that Schedule.
(5)Compensation under the M2Land Compensation Act 1961 or, in Scotland, the M3Land Compensation (Scotland) Act 1963, as applied by subsection (4) above and Schedule 27 to this Act, shall be assessed by reference to values current on the date the order under this section comes into force.
[F3(5A)No compensation is payable, by virtue of an order under this section, under Part IV of the M4.Land Compensation Act 1961.]
[F4(5B)No compensation is payable, by virtue of an order under this section, under Part V of the Land Compensation (Scotland) Act 1963]
(6)No order under this section shall have effect until approved by a resolution of each House of Parliament.
(7)In this section—
“subsidiary”, in relation to a public body, means a wholly-owned subsidiary of that body; and
“wholly-owned subsidiary” [F5as defined by section 736][F6of the M5Companies Act 1985]
Textual Amendments
F1Words substituted (E.W.) by Compulsory Purchase (Vesting Declarations) Act 1981 (c. 66, SIF 28:1), s. 16(1), Sch. 3 para. 4
F2Words in s. 141(4) substituted (27.5.1997) by 1997 c. 11, ss. 4, 6(2), Sch. 2 para. 31(4)
F3S. 141(5A) inserted after s. 141(5) (E.W.) (25.9.1991) by Planning and Compensation Act 1991 (c. 34, SIF 28:2), s. 70, Sch. 15, Pt. II, para. 25 (with s. 84(5)); S.I. 1991/2067, art. 3 (with art. 4, Sch. 2 Pt. II para. 5)
F4S. 141(5B) inserted after s. 141(5) (S.) (25.9.1991) by Planning and Compensation Act 1991 (c. 34, SIF 28:2), s. 79, Sch. 17, Pt. II, para. 22 (with s. 84(5)); S.I. 1991/2092, art. 3
F5Words substituted as provided by Companies Act 1989 (c. 40, SIF 27), s. 144(4), Sch. 18 para. 24
F6Words substituted by Companies Consolidation (Consequential Provisions) Act 1985 (c. 9, SIF 27), s. 30, Sch. 2
Marginal Citations
M11981 c. 66 (28:1).
M21961 c. 33 (28:1).
M31963 c. 51 (58:2).
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