# Town and Country Planning Act 1962, Section 144: Withdrawal of notice requiring purchase


(1) Subject to the next following subsection, the person by whom a notice has been served under section one hundred and thirty-nine of this Act may withdraw the notice at any time before the compensation payable in respect of a compulsory acquisition in pursuance of the notice has been determined by the Lands Tribunal, or at any time before the end of the period of six weeks beginning with the date on which the compensation is so determined; and, where such a notice is withdrawn by virtue of this subsection, any notice to treat deemed to have been served in consequence thereof shall be deemed to have been withdrawn.
(2) A person shall not be entitled by virtue of the preceding subsection to withdraw a notice after the appropriate authority have exercised a right of entering upon and taking possession of land in pursuance of a notice to treat deemed to have been served in consequence of that notice.
(3) No compensation shall be payable in respect of the withdrawal of a notice to treat which is deemed to have been withdrawn by virtue of subsection (1) of this section.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Eliz2/10-11/38/section/144 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/town-and-country-planning-act-1962/section-144
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