# Compulsory Purchase Act 1965, Paragraph 1

Extent: E+W

(1) The compensation to be paid for any land subject to compulsory purchase to be purchased by the acquiring authority—
(a) from a person who is prevented from treating with them on account of absence from the United Kingdom, or
(b) from a person who cannot be found after diligent inquiry has been made,
and the compensation to be paid for any permanent injury to any such land, shall be determined by the valuation of a surveyor selected from the members of the Upper Tribunal who are members or fellows of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors.
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(3) ... the acquiring authority shall preserve the valuation ... and produce them, on demand, to the owner of the land to which the valuation relates, and to all other persons interested in the land.
(4) All the expenses of and incident to the valuation shall be borne by the acquiring authority.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1965/56/schedule/2/paragraph/1 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/compulsory-purchase-act-1965/schedule-2/paragraph-1
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