2 Procedure for authorisation.E+W
(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)))