Environment Act 2021

Valid from 30/09/2022

Neighbourhood Planning Act 2017 (c. 20)E+W

This section has no associated Explanatory Notes

11(1)Section 27 (powers of acquiring authority in temporary possession of land) is amended as follows.

(2)In subsection (3)—

(a)omit the “or” at the end of paragraph (a), and

(b)at the end of paragraph (b), insert , or

(c)causing a person to be in breach of an obligation under a conservation covenant relating to the land.

(3)After subsection (4) insert—

(4A)The acquiring authority is not bound by an obligation under a conservation covenant relating to the land by virtue of acquiring a right to use the land under this section.

(4)In subsection (6)—

(a)omit the “or” at the end of paragraph (a), and

(b)at the end of paragraph (b), insert , or

(c)a use of land that causes a person (or, if the person were to permit or suffer the use, would cause the person) to be in breach of an obligation under a conservation covenant relating to the land owed to the National Trust.

Commencement Information

I1Sch. 20 para. 11 not in force at Royal Assent, see s. 147(3)