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Land Compensation Act 1961
1961 CHAPTER 33 9 and 10 Eliz 2
An Act to consolidate the Acquisition of Land (Assessment of Compensation) Act 1919, and certain other enactments relating to the assessment of compensation in respect of compulsory acquisitions of interests in land; to the withdrawal of notices to treat; and to the payment of additional compensation and of allowances in connection with such acquisitions or with certain sales by agreement of interests in land; with corrections and improvements made under the Consolidation of Enactments (Procedure) Act 1949.
[22nd June 1961]
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1Act applied (with modifications) (18.6.1992) by British Railways (No. 2) Act 1992 (c. xi), s. 35(3).
Act applied (with modifications)(29.1.1993) by 1993 c. i, s. 15(3)
Act applied (29.3.1993) by 1993 c. iv, s. 22(7)(with s. 22(6))
Act restricted (29.3.1993) by 1993 c. iv, s. 37(3)
Act applied (with modifications)(27.5.1993) by 1993 c. vii, s. 22(3)
Act applied (with modifications)(1.7.1993) by 1993 c. ix, s. 17(3)
Act applied (with modifications)(27.7.1993) by 1993 c. xv, s. 30(3)
Act modified (10.11.1993) by 1993 c. 28, s. 161(4), Sch. 19 paras.1,2; S.I. 1993/2762, art.3
Act applied (10.11.1993) by 1993 c. 28, ss. 169, Sch. 20 Pt. II para. 4(5); S.I. 1993/2762, art.3
Act applied (5.11.1993) by 1993 c. 42, s. 5, Sch. 4 para. 3(3)
Act applied (31.3.1994) by 1994 c. iv, Pt. II, s. 12(7) (with s. 28)
Act excluded (31.3.1994) by 1994 c. iv, Pt. III, s. 23(3) (with s. 28)
Act excluded (5.7.1994) by 1994 c. ix, s. 16(3) (with s. 20)
Act applied (21.7.1994) by 1994 c. xi, s. 33(3) (with s. 39)
Act applied (21.7.1994) by 1994 c. xv, s. 31(3) (with s. 47)
Act applied (21.7.1994) by 1994 c. xv, s. 61(3) (with s. 47)
Act applied (28.7.1998) by 1998 c. iv, s. 8(2)
Act applied (with modifications) (28.7.1998) by 1998 c. iv, s. 10(3)
Act applied (1.10.1998) by 1975 c. 70, Sch. 4 Pt. III, para. 5(5) (as inserted by 1998 c. 38, s. 127, Sch. 13 para. 3 (with ss. 39(2), 143(2)); S.I. 1998/2244, art. 4)
Act applied (25.11.1998 for specified purposes and otherwise 3.7.2000) by 1998 c. 45, s. 23, Sch. 6 para. 1(5); S.I. 1998/2952, art. 2(2); S.I. 2000/1173, art. 2(2)(c)
Act applied (22.3.2001) by 2001 c. ii, s. 7(2)
Act modified (30.4.2002) by S.I. 2002/1064, art. 17(3)
Act applied (with modifications) (30.4.2002) by S.I. 2002/1065, art. 17(3)
Act: Transfer of functions (1.7.1999) (W.) by S.I. 1999/672, art. 2(a), Sch. 1 (with art. 2 paras. (b)-(f))
C2Act applied (16.3.1992) by Midland Metro (No. 2) Act 1992 (c. viii), s. 14(6).
C3Act applied (with modifications) (16.3.1992) by Aire and Calder Navigation Act 1992 (c. iv), s. 27(2).
C4Act applied (with modifications) (16.3.1992) by London Underground Act 1992 (c. iii), s. 25(3).
C5Act applied (with modifications) (13.2.1992) by British Railways Act 1992 (c. i), s. 28(3).
C6Act applied with modifications by Water Resources Act 1963 (c. 38), s. 67(2), Sch. 8 paras. 12—14, Land Commission Act 1967 (c. 1), s. 10(1), Sch. 3 and Development of Rural Wales Act 1976 (c. 75), s. 5(1), Sch. 3 para. 30(1); modified by Local Government, Planning and Land Act 1980 (c. 65), s. 141, Sch. 27 paras. 9, 10; extended by Land Compensation Act 1973 (c. 26), s. 72(5)
C7Act modified by New Towns Act 1981 (c. 64, SIF 123:3), ss. 14(2), 16(5), Sch. 6 Pt. II, by Compulsory Purchase (Vesting Declarations) Act 1981 (c. 66, SIF 66:1), s. 7(1)(a) and by Acquisition of Land Act 1981 (c. 67, SIF 28:1), s. 4
C8Act modified by Housing Act 1988 (c. 50, SIF 61), s. 76(5)(6), Sch. 9 Pt. II para. 6, British Railways Act 1989 (c. iii), s. 26(3) and Town and Country Planning Act 1990 (c. 8, SIF 123:1), ss. 28, 54, Sch. 2 Pt. I para. 1(2), Pt. II para. 1(2), Pt. III para. 2
C9Act applied (with modifications) by Housing Act 1985 (c. 68, SIF 61), s. 578 and Town and Country Planning Act 1990 (c. 8, SIF 123:1), s. 165(3)
C10Act applied by Housing Act 1985 (c. 68, SIF 61), ss. 295(3), 307, Housing Act 1988 (c. 50, SIF 61), s. 78(2), Sch. 10 Pt. II para. 4(5), Town and Country Planning Act 1990 (c. 8, SIF 123:1), s. 236(5) and Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 (c. 9, SIF 123:1), s. 51(5)
C11Act amended by Local Government Act 1985 (c. 51, SIF 81:1), s. 4, Sch. 1 Pt. I paras. 15(1), 18(2), Town and Country Planning Act 1990 (c. 8, SIF 123:1), ss. 49, 54(1), and amended (prosp.) by ss. 27, 28 of that Act
C12Act excluded by British Railways (London) Act 1988 (c. xi), s. 19(3) and Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 (c. 9, SIF 123:1), s. 50(4)
C13Act excluded by Heathrow Express Railway Act 1991 (c. vii), s. 33(3)
C14Act modified by London Underground (Victoria) Act 1991 (c. x), s. 15(3)
C15Act modified (25.11.1991) by Planning and Compensation Act 1991 (c. 34, SIF 123:1), s. 27, Sch. 4 Pt. I para. 44(9) (with s. 84(5)); S.I. 1991/2728, art. 2
C16Act modified (28.11.1991) by London Underground (Safety Measures) Act 1991 (c. xviii), s. 20(3).
C17Act modified (19.12.1991) by London Docklands Railway Act 1991 (c. xxiii), s. 10(3)
Act modified (1.4.1996) by 1990 c. 8, Sch. 2 Pt. 1A (as inserted by 1994 c. 19, s. 20(3), Sch. 5 Pt. II, para. 8 (with ss. 54(5)(7), 55(5), Sch. 17 paras. 22(1), 23(2)); S.I. 1995/3198, art. 4, Sch. 2)
Act modified (1.4.1996) by 1994 c. 19, s. 20(3), Sch. 5 Pt. III, para. 17(2)(3) (with ss. 54(5)(7), 55(5), Sch. 17 paras. 22(1), 23(2)); S.I. 1995/3198, art. 4, Sch. 2
Act modified (25.11.1998 for specified purposes and otherwise 3.7.2000) by 1998 c. 45, s. 19(6)-(8), Sch. 4 paras. 1-5; S.I. 1998/2952, art. 2(2); S.I. 2000/1173, art. 2(2)(c)
C18Act modified (28.9.2004 for E., 15.10.2005 for W.) by Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004 (c. 5), s. 38 (with s. 111); S.I. 2004/2202, art. 2(c); S.I. 2005/2847, art. 2(a) (with art. 3(1)(2))
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I1Act wholly in force at 1.8.1961 see s. 42(2)
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