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  1. Introductory Text

  2. PART 1 PRELIMINARY

    1. 1.Citation ...

    2. 2.Interpretation

  3. PART 2 ACQUISITION AND POSSESSION OF LAND

    1. Powers of acquisition

      1. 3.Power to acquire land

      2. 4.Application of Part 1 of the 1965 Act

      3. 5.Application of the 1981 Act

      4. 6.Power to acquire new rights

    2. Temporary possession of land

      1. 7.Temporary use of land for construction of works

      2. 8.Temporary use of land for maintenance of works

    3. Compensation

      1. 9.Disregard of certain interests and improvements

    4. Supplementary

      1. 10.Extinction or suspension of rights of way

      2. 11.Time limit for exercise of powers of acquisition

  4. PART 3 MISCELLANEOUS AND GENERAL

    1. 12.Statutory undertakers, etc.

    2. 13.Minerals

    3. 14.Certification of plans, etc.

    4. 15.Service of notices

    5. 16.No double recovery

    6. 17.Protection for Network Rail

    7. 18.Protection for Canal and River Trust

    8. 19.Existing agreements

  5. Signature

  6. SCHEDULES

    1. SCHEDULE 1

      ACQUISITION OF LAND AND RIGHTS

      1. PART 1 ACQUISITION OF LAND

      2. PART 2 ACQUISITION OF RIGHTS ONLY

    2. SCHEDULE 2

      MODIFICATION OF COMPENSATION AND COMPULSORY PURCHASING ENACTMENTS FOR CREATION OF NEW RIGHTS

      1. Compensation enactments

        1. 1.The enactments for the time being in force with respect...

        2. 2.(1) Without limitation on the scope of paragraph 1, the...

        3. 3.(1) Without limitation on the scope of paragraph 1, the...

        4. Application of Part 1 of the 1965 Act

          1. 4.Part 1 (compulsory purchase under Acquisition of Land Act 1946)...

          2. 5.(1) The modifications referred to in paragraph 4(a) are as...

    3. SCHEDULE 3

      LAND OF WHICH TEMPORARY POSSESSION MAY BE TAKEN

    4. SCHEDULE 4

      PROVISIONS RELATING TO STATUTORY UNDERTAKERS, ETC.

      1. Apparatus of statutory undertakers, etc., on land acquired

        1. 1.Subject to the following provisions of this Schedule, sections 271...

        2. 2.In the provisions of the 1990 Act, as applied by...

        3. 3.Where any apparatus of public utility undertakers or of an...

        4. 4.Paragraph 3 does not apply in the case of the...

        5. 5.The provisions of the 1990 Act mentioned in paragraph 1,...

        6. 6.In this Schedule— “electronic communications code” means the code set...

  7. Explanatory Note