Acquisition of Land Act 1981

17 Local authority and statutory undertakers’ land. E+W

(1) This section 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 subsection (3) below, a compulsory purchase order shall, in so far as it authorises the compulsory purchase of land to which this section 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to the order has been made by the local authority, or as the case may be the statutory undertakers, and has not been withdrawn.

[F1 (2A) Subsection (3) of section 16 above applies in relation to subsections (1) and (2) above as it applies in relation to the preceding provisions of that section.]

(3) Subsection (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 subsection (4) below) [F2 a National Park authority], [F3 an urban development corporation][F4 , F5 ...,]. . . F6 . . ., [F7 a Welsh planning board,] any statutory undertakers or a Minister.

(4) In subsection (3) above—

• “local authority” means—

  (a)

  in relation to England, the council of a county or district [F8 the Broads Authority], the council of a London borough, the Common Council of the City of London [F9 , [F10 the London Fire and Emergency Planning Authority,] a police authority established under [F11 section 3 of the Police Act 1996]]. . . [F12 . . . F13 [F14 , a joint authority established by Part 4 of the Local Government Act 1985 or an authority established for an area in England by an order under section 207 of the Local Government and Public Involvement in Health Act 2007 (joint waste authorities),]

  (b)

  in relation to Wales, the council of a county or [F15 county borough], [F16 or a police authority established under [F11 section 3 of the Police Act 1996]]. . .

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

• “statutory undertakers” includes—

  (a)

  F17 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

  (aa)

  [F18 a National Health Service trust established under [F19 section 25 of the National Health Service Act 2006 or section 18 of the National Health Service (Wales) Act 2006] , and]

  (aab)

  [F20 an NHS foundation trust,]

  (ab)

  [F21 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

  (ac)

  the Schools Funding Council for Wales,]

  (ad)

  [F22 a Primary Care Trust established under [F23 section 18 of the National Health Service Act 2006] ,]

  (b)

  any other authority, body or undertakers specified in an order made by the Secretary of State under this paragraph.

• [F24 “a Welsh planning board” means a board constituted under—

  (a)

  section 2(1B) of the M1 Town and Country Planning Act 1990; F25

  (b)

  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .]

(5) An order under paragraph (b) of the definition of “statutory undertakers” in subsection (4) above shall be made by statutory instrument and shall be subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament.]

Textual Amendments

F1 S. 17(2A) inserted by National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990 (c. 19, SIF 113:2), s. 60(2), Sch. 8 Pt. II para. 8(2)

F2 Words in s. 17(3) inserted (23.11.1995) by 1995 c. 25, s. 78, Sch. 10 para. 21(1)(with Sch. 8 para. 7); S.I. 1995/2950, art. 2

F3 Words in s. 17(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.

F4 Words in s. 17(3) inserted (1.10.1998) by 1998 c. 38, s. 128, Sch. 14 Pt. II para. 17 (with ss. 139(2), 143(2)); S.I. 1998/2244, art. 4

F5 Words in s. 17(3) omitted (1.4.2006) by virtue of The Welsh Development Agency (Transfer of Functions to the National Assembly for Wales and Abolition) Order 2005 (S.I. 2005/3226), arts. 1(2), 7, Sch. 2 para. 9(1) (with art. 3(1))

F6 Words in s. 17(3) repealed (1.4.1997) by 1995 c. 25, s. 120(3), Sch. 24 (with ss. 7(6), 115, 117); S.I. 1996/2560, art. 2, Sch.

F7 Words in s. 17(3) inserted (1.4.1996) by 1994 c. 19, s. 20(4), Sch. 6 Pt. II para. 17(1)(a)(with ss. 54(5)(7), 55(5), Sch. 17 paras. 22(1), 23(2)); S.I. 1996/396, art. 3, Sch.

F8 Words inserted by Norfolk and Suffolk Broads Act 1988 (c. 4, SIF 81:1), s. 21, Sch. 6 para. 22

F9 S. 17(4): words in para. (a) in definition of “local authority” inserted (1.10.1994 for specified purposes, otherwise 1.4.1995) by 1994 c. 29, s. 43, Sch. 4 Pt. II para. 55(a); S.I. 1994/2025, art. 6; S.I. 1994/3262, art. 4, Sch.

F10 S. 17(4): words in the definition of “local authority” inserted (3.7.2000) by 1999 c. 29, s. 328(8), Sch. 29 Pt. I para. 34(3) (with Sch. 12 para. 9(1)); S.I. 2000/1094, art. 4(a)(h)

F11 S. 17(4): words in paras. (a)(b) in definition of “local authority” substituted (1.4.1996) by 1996 c. 16, ss. 103, 104(1)(2), Sch. 7 Pt. I para. 1(2)(q)

F12 Words inserted by Local Government Act 1985 (c. 51, SIF 81:1), s. 84, Sch. 14 Pt. II para. 60

F13 Words repealed by Education Reform Act 1988 (c. 40, SIF 41:1), s. 237(2), Sch. 13 Pt. I

F14 Words in s. 17(4) substituted (1.4.2008) by Local Government and Public Involvement in Health Act 2007 (c. 28), s. 245(5), Sch. 13 para. 37; S.I. 2008/917, art. 2(1)(p)

F15 S. 17(4): words in para. (b) in definition of “local authority” substituted (1.4.1996) by 1994 c. 19, s. 66(6), Sch. 16 para. 64(1)(with ss. 54(5)(7), 55(5), Sch. 17 paras. 22(1), 23(2)); S.I. 1996/396, art. 3, Sch.

F16 S. 17(4): words in para. (b) in definition of “local authority” inserted (1.10.1994 for specified purposes, otherwise 1.4.1995) by 1994 c. 29, s. 43, Sch. 4 Pt. II para. 55(b); S.I. 1994/2025, art. 6; S.I. 1994/3262, art. 4, Sch.

F17 S. 17(4): para. (a) in definition of “statutory undertaker” repealed (31.10.1994) by 1994 c. 21, s. 67, Sch. 9 para. 27(1), Sch. 11 Pt. II (with s. 40(7)); S.I. 1994/2553, art. 2

F18 Paragraph (aa) inserted by National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990 (c. 19, SIF 113:2), s. 66(1), Sch. 9 para. 23

F19 Words in s. 17(4) substituted (1.3.2007) by National Health Service (Consequential Provisions) Act 2006 (c. 43), s. 8(2), Sch. 1 para. 61(a) (with Sch. 3 Pt. 1)

F20 Words in s. 17(4) inserted (1.4.2004) by Health and Social Care (Community Health and Standards) Act 2003 (c. 43), s. 199(1)(4), Sch. 4 para. 49; S.I. 2004/759, art. 2

F21 S. 17(4): paras. (ab)(ac) in definition of "statutory undertakers" inserted (1.11.1996) by 1995 c. 56, ss. 582(1), 583(2), Sch. 37 Pt. I para. 51(2)(with s. 1(4), Sch. 39) and para. (ab)(ac) repealed (1.9.1999 in relation to para. (ab)) by 1998 c. 31, ss. 140(3), 145(3), Sch. 31 (with ss. 138(9), 144(6)); S.I. 1999/2323, art. 2(1), Sch. 1

F22 S. 17(4): para. (ad) in the definition of “statutory undertakers” inserted (8.2.2000) by S.I. 2000/90, art. 3(1), Sch. 1

F23 Words in s. 17(4) substituted (1.3.2007) by National Health Service (Consequential Provisions) Act 2006 (c. 43), s. 8(2), Sch. 1 para. 61(b) (with Sch. 3 Pt. 1)

F24 S. 17(4): definition of “a Welsh planning board” added (1.4.1996) by 1994 c. 19, s. 20(4), Sch. 6 Pt. II para. 17(1)(b)(with ss. 54(5)(7), 55(5), Sch. 17 paras. 22(1), 22(3)); S.I. 1996/396, art. 3, Sch.

F25 S. 17(4): para. (b) and word “or” immediately preceding it in definition of “a Welsh planning board” repealed (1.4.1997) by 1995 c. 25, s. 120(3), Sch. 24 (with ss. 7(6), 115, 117): S.I. 1996/2560, art. 2, Sch.

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1 S. 17(3) modified by Housing Act 1988 (c. 50, SIF 61), s. 78(1), Sch. 10 Pt. I para. 3

S. 17(3) modified (10.11.1993) by 1993 c. 28, s. 169, Sch. 20 Pt. I para. 3; S.I. 1993/2762, art. 3.

C2 S. 17(4) extended by S.I. 1985/1884, art. 4(t)

Marginal Citations

M1 1990 c. 8.