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Regulation 2 InterpretationI1

England and Wales

(1)

In these Regulations—

  • “the Act” means the Compulsory Purchase (Vesting Declarations) Act 1981;

  • “relevant order” means an order which provides that the Act is to apply to the compulsory purchase of land which it authorises as if the order were a compulsory purchase order; and

  • “special enactment” means—

    1. (a)

      a local or private Act which authorises the compulsory purchase of land specifically identified in that Act, or

    2. (b)

      a provision which—

      1. (i)

        is contained in an Act other than a local or private Act, and

      2. (ii)

        authorises the compulsory purchase of land specifically identified in that Act.

(2)

Any reference in these Regulations to a numbered form is a reference to the form bearing that number in the Schedule or to a form substantially to the same effect as that form.

(3)

For the purposes of these Regulations, a compulsory purchase of land is authorised—

(a)

by a compulsory purchase order, on the day on which the order is confirmed by a Minister or another authority, or made by a Minister;

(b)

by an order under section 1 or 3 of the Transport and Works Act 1992f1, on the day on which the Secretary of State determines under section 13(1) of that Act to make the order;

(c)

by a harbour revision order, a harbour empowerment order or a harbour closure order under the Harbours Act 1964f2, on the day on which the order is made by a Minister or a person who is designated in an order made under section 42A of that Actf3;

(d)

by any other relevant order, on the day on which the order is made by a Minister; or

(e)

by a special enactmentf4, on the day on which the special enactment is enacted.

Annotations

Commencement

I1

Reg. 2 in force at 3.2.2017, see reg. 1(1)

Footnotes

f1

1992 c. 42. An order made under section 1 or 3 of the Transport and Works Act 1992 which authorises compulsory acquisition may provide that the Compulsory Purchase (Vesting Declarations) Act 1981 (c. 66) (“the Act”) applies as if the order were a compulsory purchase order.

f2

1964 c. 40. An order under the Harbours Act 1964 which authorises compulsory acquisition may provide that the Act applies as if the order were a compulsory purchase order.

f3

Section 42A was inserted by section 315 of, and paragraphs 1 and 3(1) of Schedule 21 to, the Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009 (c. 23).

f4

A special enactment may provide that the Act applies as if the enactment were a compulsory purchase order.