# Electricity Act 1989, Paragraph 5


(1) Subject to sub-paragraph (2) below, the Acquisition 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.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1989/29/schedule/3/paragraph/5 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/electricity-act-1989/schedule-3/paragraph-5
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