{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/m4-motorway-junctions-3-to-12-smart-motorway-development-consent-order-2016/article-20",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2016/863",
  "legislation_title": "The M4 Motorway (Junctions 3 to 12) (Smart Motorway) Development Consent Order 2016",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/m4-motorway-junctions-3-to-12-smart-motorway-development-consent-order-2016",
  "path": "article/20",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "20",
  "heading": "Compulsory acquisition of land",
  "text": "(1) The undertaker may acquire compulsorily so much of the Order land as is required for the authorised development or to facilitate, or is incidental to, it.\n(2) This article is subject to paragraph (2) of article 22 (compulsory acquisition of rights) and paragraph (8) of article 28 (temporary use of land for carrying out the authorised development).",
  "extent": "E+W+S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Art. 20 in force at 23.9.2016, see art. 1"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2016/863/article/20",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T23:20:37.652692+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."
}