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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/compulsory-purchase-of-land-prescribed-forms-ministers-regulations-2004/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2004/2595",
  "legislation_title": "The Compulsory Purchase of Land (Prescribed Forms) (Ministers) Regulations 2004",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/compulsory-purchase-of-land-prescribed-forms-ministers-regulations-2004",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "ACQUISITION OF LAND, ENGLAND AND WALES\nMade 4th October 2004\nComing into force 31st October 2004\nThe First Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by sections 7(2), 10(2), 11(1) and (3), 12(1), 15(5) and 22 of, and paragraphs 2(1) and (3), 3(1) and 6(5) of Schedule 1 and paragraph 9 of Schedule 3 to, the Acquisition of Land Act 1981, and all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following Regulations:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1981 c. 67; sections 11(3) and 15(5) and paragraphs 2(3) and 6(5) of Schedule 1 were inserted by the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004 (c. 5). Some, but not all, of the functions of the Secretary of State in authorising compulsory purchase of land in Wales were transferred to the National Assembly for Wales by the National Assembly for Wales (Transfer of Functions) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/672)."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2004/2595/introduction",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T05:17:40.084907+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."
}