Article 6 Compulsory purchase orders

The provision made in this article is without prejudice to the provision made in article 22(1) of the Local Authorities etc. (Miscellaneous Provision) Order 1974^f1 and in particular shall not apply to any order which has been or is amended under that provision.

Paragraphs (3) to (7) below do not apply to any orders confirmed on or after the date on which this order comes into operation.

Any order authorising the compulsory acquisition of land for the purposes of the Housing Act 1957 to 1969 by the council of the county borough or county district in which the land was situated shall have effect as if it had authorised the acquisition of the land by the council of the district in which such land is situated.

Any order authorising such acquisition for such purposes of land outside the area of the council of the county borough or county district by whom the order was made but within a district in which the area of the county borough or county district is wholly comprised shall have effect as if it had authorised the acquisition of the land by the council of such district.

Any order made under section 90 of the Education Act 1944 authorising the compulsory acquisition of land by the council of the county or county borough in which the land was situated shall have effect as if it had authorised the acquisition of the land by the council of the non-metropolitan county or metropolitan district in which such land is situated.

Any such order authorising the compulsory acquisition of land outside the area of the council of the county or county borough by whom the order was made but within a non-metropolitan county or metropolitan district in which the area of the county or county borough is wholly comprised shall have effect as if it had authorised the acquisition of the land by the council of such non-metropolitan county or metropolitan district.

Any order made under section 9 of the Police Act 1964 authorising the compulsory acquisition of land by the council of a county or county borough or a combined police authority shall have effect as if it had authorised the acquisition of the land by the combined police authority for the new combined police area, or outside any such area the county council of the new county, in which such land is situated.

Any order authorising the compulsory acquisition of land for the purposes of the Fire Services Act 1947 made by the council of a county or county borough or the fire authority for a combined area shall have effect as if it had authorised the acquisition of the land by the council of the new county in which such land is situated.

Any order authorising the compulsory acquisition of land for the purposes of section 25 of the Justices of the Peace Act 1949 by the council of any county or any borough having a separate commission of the peace shall have effect as if it had authorised the acquisition of the land by the council of the non-metropolitan county or metropolitan district in which such land is situated.