# English Devolution and Community Empowerment Act 2026, Paragraph 10: Acquisition of land

Extent: E+W

(1) Schedule 2 is amended in accordance with this paragraph.
(2) In paragraphs 1(2) and 2(2) (application of Acquisition of Land Act 1981), after “HCA” insert “and a strategic authority outside London (whether the power of compulsory acquisition is being exercised by the strategic authority or a mayor for its area)”.
(3) In paragraph 3 (extinguishment of private rights of way etc)—
(a) in sub-paragraph (1), after “HCA” insert “, a strategic authority outside London, or the mayor for the area of a strategic authority outside London”;
(b) in sub-paragraph (2)(c), after “HCA” insert “or in the strategic authority outside London (whether the power of compulsory acquisition is being exercised by the strategic authority or a mayor for its area)”.
(4) In paragraphs 4 and 5(a), after “HCA” insert “, strategic authority outside London, or mayor”.
(5) In paragraph 7, in sub-paragraph (1), after “HCA” insert “(where it completes the compulsory acquisition) or the strategic authority outside London (where it, or the mayor for its area, completes the compulsory acquisition).”
(6) In paragraph 17 (acquisition by agreement), in sub-paragraph (1), after “HCA” insert “or a strategic authority outside London”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2026/23/schedule/18/paragraph/10 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/english-devolution-and-community-empowerment-act-2026/schedule-18/paragraph-10
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