# High Speed Rail (West Midlands - Crewe) Act 2021, Paragraph 4


(1) References in this Schedule to the “applicable compulsory acquisition powers” are to—
(a) the power to serve a notice to treat under Part 1 of the Compulsory Purchase Act 1965, as applied by section 4(3) to the acquisition of land under section 4(1), and
(b) the power to execute a declaration under section 4 of the Compulsory Purchase (Vesting Declarations) Act 1981, as applied by section 4(4) to the acquisition of land under section 4(1).
(2) In this Schedule—
“lessee” means a person who holds an interest under a lease which has at least 21 years to run at the date of the giving of a relevant notice by that person;
“owner”, in relation to land, means a person, other than a mortgagee not in possession, who is for the time being entitled to dispose of the fee simple of the land, whether in possession or reversion.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2021/2/schedule/13/paragraph/4 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/high-speed-rail-west-midlands-crewe-act-2021/schedule-13/paragraph-4
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