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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/highways-act-1980/section-238",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/highways-act-1980/section-238.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1980/66",
  "legislation_title": "Highways Act 1980",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/highways-act-1980",
  "path": "section/238",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "238",
  "heading": "Interpretation etc. of Part XII.",
  "text": "(1) Any power under sections 239 to 246 below to acquire land, except the power under section 246(2), is exercisable compulsorily or by agreement.\n(2) In this Part of this Act “common”, “fuel or field garden allotment” and “open space” have the same meaning respectively as in the Acquisition of Land Act of 1981.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words substituted by Acquisition of Land Act 1981 (c. 67, SIF 28:1), s. 34, Sch. 4 para. 31(2)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1980/66/section/238",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:14:39.674923+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}