Telecommunications Act 1984 (c. 12)

Part II U.K. Provision of Telecommunication Services

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1 Pt. II (ss. 5-46) excluded (23.6.1999) by S.I. 1999/1736, art. 7(4)

Acquisition etc. of land by public telecommunications operators U.K.

40 Acquisition of land by agreement. U.K.

(1) For the purpose of the acquisition by agreement by a public telecommunications operator of land in England and Wales the provisions of Part I of the M1 Compulsory Purchase Act 1965 (so far as applicable) other than sections 4 to 8, section 27 and section 31 shall apply.

(2) For the purpose of the acquisition by agreement by a public telecommunications operator of land in Scotland, section 109(2) of the M2 Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1972 (incorporation of Lands Clauses Acts) shall, with any necessary modifications, apply for the purposes of this Act as it applies for the purposes of that Act.

(3) For the purpose of the acquisition by agreement by a public telecommunications operator of land in Northern Ireland, the Lands Clauses Acts shall be incorporated with this Act except for sections 127 to 133 (sale of superfluous land) and sections 150 and 151 (access to the special Act) of the M3 Lands Clauses Consolidation Act 1845.

Marginal Citations

M1 1965 c. 56.

M2 1972 c. 52.

M3 1845 c. 18.