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Paragraph 5

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(1)

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.

(2)

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

M1

1981 c. 67.

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)