Acquisition of Land Act 1981

23 Grounds for application to High Court. E+W

(1) If any person aggrieved by a compulsory purchase order desires to question the validity thereof, or of any provision contained therein, on the ground that the authorisation of a compulsory purchase thereby granted is not empowered to be granted under this Act or any such enactment as is mentioned in section 1(1) of this Act, he may make an application to the High Court.

(2) If any person aggrieved by—

(a) a compulsory purchase order, or

(b) a certificate under Part III of, or Schedule 3 to, this Act,

desires to question the validity thereof on the ground that any relevant requirement has not been complied with in relation to the order or certificate he may make an application to the High Court.

(3) In subsection (2) above “relevant requirement” means—

(a) any requirement of this Act, or of any regulation under section 7(2) above, or

(b) any requirement of the M1 Tribunals and Inquiries Act [F1 1992] or of any rules made, or having effect as if made, under that Act.

(4) An application to the High Court under this section shall be made within six weeks—

(a) in the case of a compulsory purchase order to which the M2 Statutory Orders (Special Procedure) Act 1945 applies (and which is not excluded by section 27 below), from the date on which the order becomes operative under that Act,

(b) in the case of a compulsory purchase order to which the said Act of 1945 does not apply, from the date on which notice of the confirmation or making of the order is first published in accordance with this Act,

(c) in the case of a certificate, the date on which notice of the giving of the certificate is first published in accordance with this Act.

Textual Amendments

F1 Word in s. 23(3)(b) substituted (1. 10. 1992) by Tribunals and Inquiries Act 1992 (c. 53), ss. 18(1), 19(2), Sch. 3 para.14.

Marginal Citations

M1 1971 c. 62.

M2 1945 (9 & 10 Geo 6) c. 18.