Acquisition of Land Act 1981

Local authority and statutory undertakers’ land E+W

4 (1) This paragraph applies to land which—

(a) is the property of a local authority, or

(b) has been acquired by statutory undertakers, who are not a local authority, for the purposes of their undertaking.

(2) Subject to sub-paragraph (3) below, a compulsory purchase order shall, in so far as it authorises the compulsory purchase of rights over land to which this paragraph applies, be subject to special parliamentary procedure in any case where an objection to the order has been made by the local authority, or as the case may be the statutory undertakers, and has not been withdrawn.

(3) Sub-paragraph (2) above shall not apply to the compulsory acquisition of an interest in land where the person acquiring the interest is a local authority (as defined in sub-paragraph (4) below), [F1 an urban development corporation]the Land Authority for Wales, the Peak Park Joint or Lake District Special Planning Board, [F2 a Welsh planning board,]any statutory undertakers or a Minister.

(4) In sub-paragraph (3) above—

• “local authority” means—

  (a)

  in relation to England, the council of a county or district, the council of a London borough, the Common Council of the City of London and the Greater London Council,

  (b)

  in relation to Wales, the council of a county or [F3 county borough],

and this definition applies to the Isles of Scilly as if the Council of those Isles were the council of a county;

• “statutory undertakers” has the same meaning as in section 17(3) of this Act.

• [F4 “a Welsh planning board” means a board constituted under—

  (a)

  section 2(1B) of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990; or

  (b)

  paragraph 3A of Schedule 17 to the Local Government Act 1972.]

Textual Amendments

F1 Words in Sch. 3, para. 4(3) inserted (25.09.1991) by Planning and Compensation Act 1991 (c. 34, SIF 28:1), s. 70, Sch. 15, para. 11; S.I. 1991/2067, art. 3.

F2 Words in Sch. 3 para. 4(3) inserted (1.4.1996) by 1994 c. 19, s. 20(4), Sch. 6 Pt. II para. 17(2)(a) (with ss. 54(5)(7), 55(5), Sch. 17 paras. 22(1), 23(2)); S.I. 1996/396, art. 3, Sch.

F3 Words in definition in Sch. 3 para. 4(4)(b) substituted (1.4.1996) by 1994 c. 19, s. 66(6), Sch. 16 para. 64(2) (with s. 54, Sch. 17 paras. 22(1), 23(2)); S.I. 1996/396, art. 3, Sch.

F4 Sch. 3 para. 4(4): definition of “a Welsh planning board” added (1,4.1996) by 1994 c. 19, s. 20(4), Sch. 6 Pt. II para. 17(2)(b) (with ss. 54(5)(7), 55(5), Sch. 17 paras. 22(1), 23(2)); S.I. 1996/396, art. 3, Sch.