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- Act applied (with modifications) by S.I. 2024/752 Sch. 6 para. 1 2
- s. 14(2A)(2B) substituted for s. 14(3)(4) by 2023 c. 55 s. 189(2)(b)
- s. 17(1A)-(1C) inserted by 2023 c. 55 s. 189(3)(b)
- s. 17(3)(ba) substituted for s. 17(3)(a)(b) by 2023 c. 55 s. 189(3)(c)
- s. 17(5A)-(5C) substituted for s. 17(5)-(8) by 2023 c. 55 s. 189(3)(d)
- s. 18(2)(b)(iia) inserted by 2023 c. 55 s. 189(4)(a)(ii)
- s. 18(2)(aa) inserted by 2023 c. 55 s. 189(4)(a)(i)
- s. 18(2A)(2B) inserted by 2023 c. 55 s. 189(4)(b)
- s. 22(2A) inserted by 2023 c. 55 s. 189(7)
Changes and effects yet to be applied to the whole Act associated Parts and Chapters:
- Act applied (with modifications) by S.I. 2024/752 Sch. 6 para. 1 2
Whole provisions yet to be inserted into this Act (including any effects on those provisions):
- s. 14(2A)(2B) substituted for s. 14(3)(4) by 2023 c. 55 s. 189(2)(b)
- s. 17(1A)-(1C) inserted by 2023 c. 55 s. 189(3)(b)
- s. 17(3)(ba) substituted for s. 17(3)(a)(b) by 2023 c. 55 s. 189(3)(c)
- s. 17(5A)-(5C) substituted for s. 17(5)-(8) by 2023 c. 55 s. 189(3)(d)
- s. 18(2)(b)(iia) inserted by 2023 c. 55 s. 189(4)(a)(ii)
- s. 18(2)(aa) inserted by 2023 c. 55 s. 189(4)(a)(i)
- s. 18(2A)(2B) inserted by 2023 c. 55 s. 189(4)(b)
- s. 22(2A) inserted by 2023 c. 55 s. 189(7)
22 Interpretation of Part III. E+W
(1) In this Part of this Act “ the parties directly concerned ”, in relation to an interest in land, means the person entitled to the interest and the [F1acquiring authority].
( 2 )For the purposes of sections seventeen [F2to nineteen] of this Act, an interest in land shall be taken to be an interest proposed to be acquired by an authority possessing compulsory purchase powers in the following (but no other) circumstances, that is to say—
(a)where, for the purposes of a compulsory acquisition by that authority of land consisting of or including land in which that interest subsists, a notice required to be published or served in connection with that acquisition, either by an Act or by any Standing Order of either House of Parliament relating to petitions for private bills, has been published or served in accordance with that Act or Order; or
(b)where a notice requiring the purchase of that interest has been served under any enactment, and in accordance with that enactment that authority are to be deemed to have served a notice to treat in respect of that interest; or
(c)where an offer in writing has been made by or on behalf of that authority to negotiate for the purchase of that interest.
F3( 3 ). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Textual Amendments
F1Words in s. 22(1) substituted (6.4.2012) by Localism Act 2011 (c. 20), ss. 232(6)(a), 240(2) (with s. 232(8)); S.I. 2012/628, art. 8(d) (with arts. 9, 12, 13, 16, 18-20) (as amended (3.8.2012) by S.I. 2012/2029, arts. 2, 4)
F2Words in s. 22(2) substituted (6.4.2012) by Localism Act 2011 (c. 20), ss. 232(6)(b), 240(2) (with s. 232(8)); S.I. 2012/628, art. 8(d) (with arts. 9, 12, 13, 16, 18-20) (as amended (3.8.2012) by S.I. 2012/2029, arts. 2, 4)
F3 S. 22(3) repealed (25.9.1991, subject to the restrictions referred to in S.I. 1991/2067 , art. 4 , Sch. 2 Pt. II paras. 5(1) , 7(2) ) by Planning and Compensation 1991 (c. 34, SIF 28:1) , ss. 70(b) , 84(6) , Sch. 15 Pt. II para. 18 , Sch. 19 Pt.III (with s. 84(5) ); S.I. 1991/2067 , art.3
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1 S. 22 modified by Local Government, Planning and Land Act 1980 (c. 65) , s. 141 , Sch. 27 paras. 9 , 12
C2 S. 22(2) modified by Housing Act 1988 (c. 50, SIF 61) , s. 76(5)(6) , Sch. 9 Pt. II para. 9(a)
S. 22(2) modified (10.11.1993) by 1993 c. 28 , s. 161(4) , Sch. 19 para.4 ; S.I. 1993/2762 , art.3
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