{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/acquisition-of-land-act-1981/section-22",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/acquisition-of-land-act-1981/section-22.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1981/67",
  "legislation_title": "Acquisition of Land Act 1981",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/acquisition-of-land-act-1981",
  "path": "section/22",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "22",
  "heading": "Notice of giving of certificate.",
  "text": "As soon as may be after the giving of a certificate under this Part of this Act, the acquiring authority shall publish—\n(a) in one or more local newspapers circulating in the locality in which the land comprised in the order is situated , and\n(b) on an appropriate website, until the end of the period of 6 weeks beginning with the day on which the certificate is given,\na notice in the prescribed form stating that the certificate has been given.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in s. 22 renumbered as s. 22(a) (31.1.2024 for specified purposes, 30.4.2024 for E. in so far as not already in force, 2.12.2025 for specified purposes) by Levelling Up and Regeneration Act 2023 (c. 55), ss. 181(7)(a), 255(7) (with s. 247); S.I. 2024/92, reg. 2(j); S.I. 2024/389, reg. 3(a) (with reg. 4); S.I. 2025/1262, reg. 2(1)(a)(2) (with reg. 3)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "S. 22(b) and word inserted (31.1.2024 for specified purposes, 30.4.2024 for E. in so far as not already in force, 2.12.2025 for specified purposes) by Levelling-up and Regeneration Act 2023 (c. 55), ss. 181(7)(b), 255(7) (with s. 247); S.I. 2024/92, reg. 2(j); S.I. 2024/389, reg. 3(a) (with reg. 4); S.I. 2025/1262, reg. 2(1)(a)(2) (with reg. 3)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1981/67/section/22",
    "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."
}