{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-aviation-act-1982/section-54",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-aviation-act-1982/section-54.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1982/16",
  "legislation_title": "Civil Aviation Act 1982",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-aviation-act-1982",
  "path": "section/54",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "54",
  "heading": "Consecrated land and burial grounds.",
  "text": "(1) Subject to subsection (2) below, sections 238 to 240 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 and section 197 of the Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1997 (consecrated land and burial grounds) shall have effect in relation—\n(a) to land acquired by the Secretary of State for purposes connected with the exercise of his functions relating to civil aviation, and\n(b) to land acquired by the Secretary of State in pursuance of this Part of this Act and otherwise than as mentioned in paragraph (a) above,\nas if the Secretary of State had acquired that land under Part IX of the said Act of 1990 or, as the case may be, Part VIII of the said Act of 1997.\n(2) The said sections 238 to 240and 197 shall have effect in relation to any land—\n(a) acquired by the CAA, or\n(b) acquired by a licence holder for purposes connected with the carrying out of the activities authorised by the licence,\nas they have effect in relation to land acquired by statutory undertakers under Part IX of the said Act of 1990 or, as the case may be, Part VIII of the said Act of 1997.",
  "extent": "E+W+S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words substituted by Planning (Consequential Provisions) Act 1990 (c. 11, SIF 123:1, 2), s. 4, Sch. 2 para. 55(4)(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in s. 54(1) substituted (27.5.1997) by 1997 c. 11, ss. 4, 6(2), Sch. 2 para. 35(4)(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words substituted by Planning (Consequential Provisions) Act 1990 (c. 11, SIF 123:1, 2), s. 4, Sch. 2 para. 55(4)(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Words in s. 54(2) substituted (27.5.1997) by 1997 c. 11, ss. 4, 6(2), Sch. 2 para. 35(4)(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Words in s. 54(2) and s. 54(2)(a)(b) substituted (1.4.2001) for words in s. 54(2) by 2000 c. 38, s. 36, Sch. 4 para. 12 (with s. 106); S.I. 2001/869, art. 2"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "words substituted",
      "affecting": "asc/2026/7",
      "affecting_title": "Planning (Consequential Provisions) (Wales) Act 2026"
    },
    {
      "type": "inserted",
      "affecting": "asc/2026/7",
      "affecting_title": "Planning (Consequential Provisions) (Wales) Act 2026"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1982/16/section/54",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:13:19.120867+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."
}