# Town and Country Planning Act 1971, Section 229: Acquisition of land of statutory undertakers


(1) Notwithstanding anything in paragraph 10 of Schedule 1 to the 1946 c. 49.Acquisition of Land (Authorisation Procedure) Act 1946, a compulsory purchase order to which this section applies may be confirmed or made without the appropriate Minister's certificate.
(2) This section applies to any compulsory purchase order under this Act authorising the acquisition of land which has been acquired by statutory undertakers for the purposes of their undertaking.
(3) Except where the appropriate Minister's certificate is given, a compulsory purchase order to which this section applies shall be of no effect unless it is confirmed or made by the appropriate Minister jointly with the Minister or Ministers who would apart from this subsection have power to make or confirm it.
(4) In this section "the appropriate Minister's certificate" means such a certificate as is mentioned in paragraph 10 of Schedule 1 to the said Act of 1946.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1971/78/section/229 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/town-and-country-planning-act-1971/section-229
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