{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/requisitioned-land-and-war-works-act-1948/section-20",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/Geo6/11-12/17",
  "legislation_title": "Requisitioned Land and War Works Act 1948",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/requisitioned-land-and-war-works-act-1948",
  "path": "section/20",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "20",
  "heading": "Short title, citation, construction, and interpretation.",
  "text": "(1) This Act may be cited as the Requisitioned Land and War Works Act, 1948, and this Act and the Act of 1945 may be cited together as the Requisitioned Land and War Works Acts, 1945 and 1948.\n(2) This Act shall be construed as one with the Act of 1945, so however that in the provisions thereof amending the Act of 1939 expressions have the meanings assigned to them by the Act of 1939.\n(3) In this Act—\nthe expression “the Act of 1945” means the Requisitioned Land and War Works Act, 1945;\nthe expression “the Act of 1939” means the Compensation (Defence) Act, 1939;\n. . .\n(4) References in this Act to any enactment shall be construed, except where the context otherwise requires, as references to that enactment as amended or extended by any other enactment, including this Act.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Definition of “the Transitional Powers Act” repealed by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1973 (c. 39), s. 1(1), Sch. 1 Pt. IX"
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "1945 c. 43."
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M2",
      "text": "1939 c. 75."
    }
  ],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo6/11-12/17/section/20",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T11:23:30.475187+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."
}