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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/compulsory-purchase-act-1965/schedule-1/paragraph-1",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/1965/56",
  "legislation_title": "Compulsory Purchase Act 1965",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/compulsory-purchase-act-1965",
  "path": "schedule/1/paragraph/1",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) The provisions of this Schedule have effect subject to section 42(7) of the Law of Property Act 1925 (which provides that if on a compulsory purchase title could have been made without payment into court, title shall be made in that way unless the purchaser otherwise elects).\n(2) The provisions of this Schedule—\n(a) have effect as if references to disabilities did not include references to disabilities of infants, married women or lunatics or defectives, and\n(b) do not have effect in relation to a person who lacks capacity (within the meaning of the Mental Capacity Act 2005) for the purposes of this Act if—\n(i) there is a donee of an enduring power of attorney or lasting power of attorney (within the meaning of the 2005 Act), or a deputy appointed for the person by the Court of Protection, and\n(ii) the donee or deputy has power in relation to the person for the purposes of this Act.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Sch. 1 para. 1(2)(b) substituted (1.10.2007) by Mental Capacity Act 2005 (c. 9), s. 68(1), Sch. 6 para. 12 (with ss. 27-29, 62); S.I. 2007/1897, art. 2(1)(d)"
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "1925 c. 20."
    }
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1965/56/schedule/1/paragraph/1",
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  },
  "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."
}