Acquisition of Land Act 1981, Section 2 is up to date with all changes known to be in force on or before 09 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)The authorisation of a compulsory purchase shall be conferred by an order (in this Act called a “compulsory purchase order”).
[F1(2)A compulsory purchase order authorising a compulsory purchase by an authority other than a Minister is to be—
(a)made by that authority,
(b)submitted to the confirming authority, and
(c)confirmed in accordance with Part 2 of this Act.]
(3)A compulsory purchase order authorising a compulsory purchase by a Minister shall be made by the Minister in accordance with Schedule 1 to this Act.
Textual Amendments
F1S. 2(2) substituted (6.4.2018 for specified purposes, 6.4.2019 in so far as not already in force) by Housing and Planning Act 2016 (c. 22), ss. 181(3), 216(3); S.I. 2018/251, reg. 4(b) (with reg. 5); S.I. 2019/427, reg. 3 (with reg. 4)
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1S. 2 excluded by 1975 c. 70, Sch. 4 para. 1(2) (as substituted (1.4.2006) by 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. 1 para. 33(1) (with art. 3(1)))
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