{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/land-clauses-consolidation-act-1845/section-68",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/land-clauses-consolidation-act-1845/section-68.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/Vict/8-9/18",
  "legislation_title": "Land Clauses Consolidation Act 1845",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/land-clauses-consolidation-act-1845",
  "path": "section/68",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "68",
  "heading": "†To be settled by arbitration or jury, at the option of the party claiming compensation.",
  "text": "If any party shall be entitled to any compensation in respect of any lands, or of any interest therein, which shall have been taken for or injuriously affected by the execution of the works, and for which the promoters of the undertaking shall not have made satisfaction under the provisions of this or the special Act, or any Act incorporated therewith, . . . such party may have the same settled . . .",
  "extent": "E+W+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words repealed by Compulsory Purchase Act 1965 (c. 56), s. 39(4), Sch. 8 Pts. II, III"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "S. 68 applied by Compulsory Purchase Act 1965 (c. 56), s. 10(2); saved by Park Lane Improvement Act 1958 (c. 63), s. 3(5), Sch. para. 6 and Water Resources Act 1963 (c. 38), s. 66(5); excluded by Water Resources Act 1963 (c. 38), s. 67(2), Sch. 8 para. 14; extended by Gas Act 1965 (c. 36), s. 13(5), Sch. 4 paras. 5(4), 6."
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C2",
      "text": "S. 68 applied by Local Government Act 1972 (c. 70, SIF 81:1), ss. 122(4), 126(6), 273(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C3",
      "text": "S. 68 amended by Land Compensation Act 1973 (c. 26, SIF 28:1), s. 63(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C4",
      "text": "S. 68 modified by Town and Country Planning Act 1990 (c. 8, SIF 123:1), s. 229(4)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C5",
      "text": "S. 68 excluded by Town and Country Planning Act 1990 (c.8, SIF 123:1), s. 237(4)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C6",
      "text": "S. 68 applied (9.1.2014) by The National Grid (King’s Lynn B Power Station Connection) Order 2013 (S.I. 2013/3200), arts. 1, 19(4)(a) (with art. 19(5))"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C7",
      "text": "A dagger appended to a marginal note means that it is no longer accurate."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "modified",
      "affecting": "asc/2026/6",
      "affecting_title": "Planning (Wales) Act 2026"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Vict/8-9/18/section/68",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T13:34:20.129208+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."
}