# Highways Act 1980, Section 249: Distance limits from highway applicable to compulsory acquisition.

Extent: E+W

(1) .Subject to subsection (3) below, a highway authority shall not in the exercise of a power to acquire land under any of the provisions of this Act specified in column 1 of Part I of Schedule 18 to this Act require compulsorily land lying beyond the limit specified in relation to that power in column 2 of that Schedule.
(2) Part II of Schedule 18 has effect with respect to limits specified in Part I of that Schedule.
(3) Nothing in this section applies to land required for purposes connected with the drainage of a highway or proposed highway, or of a maintenance compound, service area, trunk road picnic area or lorry area, or required for the purpose—
(a) of the diversion of a navigable watercourse,
(b) of the carrying out of works authorised by section 110 above, or
(c) of providing protection for a highway or proposed highway against snow, flood, landslide or other hazards of nature.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1980/66/section/249 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/highways-act-1980/section-249
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