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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/acquisition-of-land-act-1981/section-10",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/acquisition-of-land-act-1981/section-10.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1981/67",
  "legislation_title": "Acquisition of Land Act 1981",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/acquisition-of-land-act-1981",
  "path": "section/10",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "10",
  "heading": "Preliminary.",
  "text": "(1) This Part of this Act has effect except where a Minister is the acquiring authority.\n(2) The compulsory purchase order shall be in the prescribed form and shall describe by reference to a map the land to which it applies.\n(3) Before submitting the order to the confirming authority the acquiring authority shall comply with sections 11 and 12 below.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1981/67/section/10",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-07T03:33:44.407661+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}