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Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1Pt. 2 Ch. 1 excluded (26.9.2018) by The Network Rail (Felixstowe Branch Line Improvements Level Crossings Closure) Order 2018 (S.I. 2018/937), arts. 1, 28
C2Pt. 2 Ch. 1 excluded (12.10.2018) by The Eggborough Gas Fired Generating Station Order 2018 (S.I. 2018/1020), arts. 1, 26(12) (with arts. 6, 42)
C3Pt. 2 Ch. 1 excluded (14.4.2020) by The Reinforcement to the North Shropshire Electricity Distribution Network Order 2020 (S.I. 2020/325), arts. 1, 26(12) (with arts. 7, 27(8))
C4Pt. 2 Ch. 1 excluded (14.4.2020) by The Reinforcement to the North Shropshire Electricity Distribution Network Order 2020 (S.I. 2020/325), arts. 1, 27(13) (with arts. 7, 27(8))
Prospective
(1)Subsection (2) applies where a person (an “acquiring authority”)—
(a)has a power conferred by an Act to acquire land compulsorily (with or without authorisation from another person), or
(b)is or has been, at any time, otherwise authorised to acquire land compulsorily.
(2)The acquiring authority may, for purposes connected with the purposes for which it could acquire land compulsorily, take temporary possession of land—
(a)by agreement, or
(b)compulsorily, if authorised to do so in accordance with section 19.
(3)Subject to any express provision in another Act, the power in subsection (2) is the only power under which a person may take temporary possession of land compulsorily.
(4)For the purposes of this Chapter references to acquiring land include references to acquiring a right over land by creation.