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Paragraph 4

England and Wales

Changes not yet applied. Later legislation changes this provision in ways not yet written into the text below:

(1)

This paragraph applies to land which—

(a)

is the property of a local authority, or

(b)

has been acquired by statutory undertakers, who are not a local authority, for the purposes of their undertaking.

(2)

Subject to sub-paragraph (3) below, a compulsory purchase order shall, in so far as it authorises the compulsory purchase of rights over land to which this paragraph applies, be subject to special parliamentary procedure in any case where an objection to F1the compulsory purchase of the rights has been made by the local authority, or as the case may be the statutory undertakers, and has not been withdrawn.

(3)

Sub-paragraph (2) above shall not apply to the compulsory acquisition of an interest in land where the person acquiring the interest is a local authority (as defined in sub-paragraph (4) below), F2an urban development corporationF3, a Mayoral development corporationF4F5...,. . . F6. . ., F7a Welsh planning board,any statutory undertakers or a Minister.

(4)

In sub-paragraph (3) above—

  • “local authority” means—

    1. (a)

      in relation to England, the council of a county or district, the council of a London borough, the Common Council of the City of London and the Greater London Council,

    2. (b)

      in relation to Wales, the council of a county or F8county borough,

and this definition applies to the Isles of Scilly as if the Council of those Isles were the council of a county;

  • “statutory undertakers” has the same meaning as in section 17(3) of this Act.

  • F9“a Welsh planning board” means a board constituted under—

    1. (a)

      section 2(1B) of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990; F10. . .

    2. (b)

      . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1

Words in Sch. 3 para. 4(2) substituted (25.6.2013) by Growth and Infrastructure Act 2013 (c. 27), ss. 25(7)(b), 35(1); S.I. 2013/1488, art. 3(e) (with art. 8(3))

F2

Words in Sch. 3, para. 4(3) inserted (25.09.1991) by Planning and Compensation Act 1991 (c. 34, SIF 28:1), s. 70, Sch. 15, para. 11; S.I. 1991/2067, art. 3.

F3

Words in Sch. 3 para. 4(3) inserted (15.1.2012) by Localism Act 2011 (c. 20), s. 240(1)(l), Sch. 22 para. 7(4)

F4

Words in Sch. 3 para. 4(3) omitted (1.4.2006) by virtue of The Welsh Development Agency (Transfer of Functions to the National Assembly for Wales and Abolition) Order 2005 (S.I. 2005/3226), arts. 1(2), 7, Sch. 2 para. 9(2) (with art. 3(1))

F5

Words in Sch. 3 para. 4(3) inserted (1.10.1998) by 1998 c. 38, s. 128, Sch. 14 Pt. II para. 20 (with ss. 139(2), 143(2)); S.I. 1998/2244, art. 4

F6

Words in Sch. 3 para. 4(3) repealed (1.4.1997) by 1995 c. 25, s. 120, Sch. 24 (with s. 117); S.I. 1996/2560, art. 2, Sch.

F7

Words in Sch. 3 para. 4(3) inserted (1.4.1996) by 1994 c. 19, s. 20(4), Sch. 6 Pt. II para. 17(2)(a) (with ss. 54(5)(7), 55(5), Sch. 17 paras. 22(1), 23(2)); S.I. 1996/396, art. 3, Sch.

F8

Words in definition in Sch. 3 para. 4(4)(b) substituted (1.4.1996) by 1994 c. 19, s. 66(6), Sch. 16 para. 64(2) (with s. 54, Sch. 17 paras. 22(1), 23(2)); S.I. 1996/396, art. 3, Sch.

F9

Definition in Sch. 3 para. 4(4) added (1,4.1996) by 1994 c. 19, s. 20(4), Sch. 6 Pt. II para. 17(2)(b) (with ss. 54(5)(7), 55(5), Sch. 17 paras. 22(1), 23(2)); S.I. 1996/396, art. 3, Sch.

F10

Sch. 3 para. 4(4): para. (b) and the word or immediately preceding it in definition of “statutory undertakers” repealed (1.4.1997) by 1995 c. 25, s. 120, Sch. 24 )(with s. 117); S.I. 1996/2560, art. 2, Sch.

Notes on Schedule 3

Modifications

C1

Sch. 3 applied by Housing Act 1988 (c. 50, SIF 61), s. 77(5)(6)

C2

Sch. 3 applied by Water Act 1989 (c. 15, SIF 130), s. 151(4) (with ss. 58(7), 101(1), 141(6), 160(1)(2)(4), 163, 189(4)–(10), 190, 193(1), Sch. 26 paras. 3(1)(2), 17, 40(4), 57(6), 58)

C3

Sch. 3 applied (with modifications) by Water Act 1989 (c. 15, SIF 130), s. 155(3)(7), Sch. 20 paras. 6(1)(b)(c) (with ss. 58(7), 101(1), 141(6), 160(1)(2)(4), 163, 189(4)–(10), 190, 193(1), Sch. 26 paras. 3(1)(2), 17, 40(4), 57(6), 58)

C4

Sch. 3 applied by Electricity Act 1989 (c. 29, SIF 44:1), ss. 10(1), 112(3), Pt. II para. 5, Sch. 17 para. 35(1)

C5

Schedule 3 applied (1.12.1991) by Water Industry Act 1991 (c. 56, SIF 130), ss. 155(4), 223(2) (with saving in s. 188 and with ss. 82(3), 186(1), 222(1), Sch. 14 para. 6)

Schedule 3 applied (with modifications) (1.12.1991) by Water Industry Act 1991 (c. 56, SIF 130), ss. 167, 223(2), Sch. 11 para. 6(1)(b) (with ss. 82(3), 186(1), 222(1), Sch. 14 para. 6)

Schedule 3 applied (with modifications) (1.12.1991) by Water Resources Act 1991 (c. 57, SIF 130), ss. 154(4), 225(2) (with saving in s. 182 and with ss. 16(6), 179, 222(3), Sch. 22 para. 1, Sch. 23 para. 6)

Schedule 3 applied (with modifications) (1.12.1991) by Water Resources Act 1991 (c. 57, SIF 130), ss. 168, 225(2), Sch. 19, para. 6(1)(b) (with ss. 16(6), 179, 222(3), Sch. 22 para. 1, Sch. 23 para. 6)

Schedule 3 applied (with modifications) (10.11.1993) by 1993 c. 28, ss. 162(5), 169, Sch. 20 Pt. I; S.I. 1993/2762, art. 3.

Sch. 3 applied (18.12.1996) by 1996 c. 61, s. 5(4)

Sch. 3 extended (26.3.2001) by 2000 c. 26, s. 95, Sch. 5, Pt. II para. 4(2); S.I. 2000/2957, art. 2(3), Sch. 3

C6

Sch. 3 applied (22.7.2008) by Crossrail Act 2008 (c. 18), s. 7(6)

C7

Sch. 3 applied (with modifications) (1.12.2008) by Housing and Regeneration Act 2008 (c. 17), s. 325(1), Sch. 2 para. 2; S.I. 2008/3068, art. 2(1)(d) (with arts. 6-13)

C8

Sch. 3 applied (with modifications) (18.2.2026) by Planning and Infrastructure Act 2025 (c. 34), s. 118(3), Sch. 4 para. 2 (with s. 116); S.I. 2025/1370, reg. 4(1)(l)