Regulation 1 Citation, commencement, extent and application

(1)

These Regulations may be cited as the Compulsory Purchase of Land (Conditional Confirmation) Regulations 2026 and come into force on 11th April 2026.

(2)

These Regulations extend to England and Wales.

(3)

These Regulations apply to a compulsory purchase order^f1—

(a)

subject to confirmation under Part 2 of the Acquisition of Land Act 1981 by a confirming authority^f2 other than the Welsh Ministers^f3, or

(b)

prepared in draft under paragraph 1 of Schedule 1 to that Act by an acquiring authority^f4 other than the Welsh Ministers.

Annotations

f1: For the definition of “compulsory purchase order”, see section 7 (1) of the Acquisition of Land Act 1981 (c. 67).
f2: For the definition of “confirming authority”, see section 7 (1) of the Acquisition of Land Act 1981 (c. 67).
f3: See article 2 of, and Schedule 1 to, the National Assembly for Wales (Transfer of Functions) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/672) which transferred various functions of a Minister of the Crown, including under the Acquisition of Land Act 1981 (c. 67), to the National Assembly for Wales and paragraph 30 of Schedule 11 to the Government of Wales Act 2006 (c. 32) which transferred those functions to the Welsh Ministers.
f4: For the definition of “acquiring authority”, see section 7 (1) of the Acquisition of Land Act 1981 (c. 67).