Paragraph 5
Subject to sub-paragraph (2) below, the M1Acquisition of Land Act 1981 shall apply to a compulsory purchase by a licence holder of land or rights in England and Wales; and Schedule 3 to that Act shall apply in the case of a compulsory acquisition by a licence holder of a right by the creation of a new right.
Section 16 of, and paragraph 3 of Schedule 3 to, the said Act of 1981 (statutory undertakers’ land excluded from compulsory purchase) shall not apply where the land or rights in question belong to another licence holder.
Annotations
Marginal citations
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Notes on Part II
Modifications
- C1
Sch. 3 Pt. 2 applied (11.8.2022) by The Sizewell C (Nuclear Generating Station) Order 2022 (S.I. 2022/853), art. 1, Sch. 18 para. 2(3) (with arts. 62, 76, 87)
- C2
Sch. 3 Pt. 2 applied (13.11.2025) by The Stonestreet Green Solar Order 2025 (S.I. 2025/1175), art. 1, Sch. 12 para. 2(3)(4) (with art. 40, Sch. 13)