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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/compulsory-purchase-of-land-written-representations-procedure-ministers-regulations-2004/regulation-2",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2004/2594",
  "legislation_title": "The Compulsory Purchase of Land (Written Representations Procedure) (Ministers) Regulations 2004",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/compulsory-purchase-of-land-written-representations-procedure-ministers-regulations-2004",
  "path": "regulation/2",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "(1) References in these Regulations to sections are to sections of the Acquisition of Land Act 1981 and references to Schedule 1 are to Schedule 1 to that Act.\n(2) In these Regulations—\n“authorising authority” means the confirming authority or an appropriate authority;\n“the issue” means the submission seeking confirmation of a compulsory purchase order pursuant to section 2(2) or the issue whether or not to make a compulsory purchase order prepared in draft under Schedule 1 pursuant to section 2(3);\n“remaining objector” means a person who has a remaining objection within the meaning of section 13A or, as the case may be, paragraph 4A of Schedule 1;\n“representations” means written representations, statements and supporting documents;\n“send” means send by pre-paid first class post addressed to the proper address, or such alternative address as the recipient may request;\n“starting date” means the date of which notice is given in accordance with regulation 4(a);\n“statement” includes a photograph, map or plan, but excludes any oral statement;\n“working day” means any day other than a Saturday, Sunday, Christmas Day, Good Friday or a day which is a bank holiday under the Banking and Financial Dealings Act 1971.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "For the definition of “remaining objection”, see section 13A(1) of or, as the case may be, paragraph 4A(1) of Schedule 1 to, the Acquisition of Land Act 1981 as inserted by sections 100(6) and 101(4) of the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "For the definition of “proper address”, see section 6(3) of the Acquisition of Land Act 1981."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "1971 c. 80"
    }
  ],
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      "affecting_title": "The Compulsory Purchase of Land (Written Representations Procedure) (Ministers) (Miscellaneous Amendments and Electronic Communications) Regulations 2018"
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      "affecting_title": "The Compulsory Purchase of Land (Written Representations Procedure) (Ministers) (Miscellaneous Amendments and Electronic Communications) Regulations 2018"
    },
    {
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      "affecting_title": "The Compulsory Purchase of Land (Written Representations Procedure) (Ministers) (Miscellaneous Amendments and Electronic Communications) Regulations 2018"
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    {
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      "affecting_title": "The Compulsory Purchase of Land (Written Representations Procedure) (Ministers) (Miscellaneous Amendments and Electronic Communications) Regulations 2018"
    }
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2004/2594/regulation/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T05:17:40.807125+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."
}