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# The Compulsory Purchase of Land (Prescribed Forms) (Ministers) (Amendment) Regulations 2026

## Title and introductory text {#prelims}

2026 No. 111
ACQUISITION OF LAND, ENGLAND AND WALES
The Compulsory Purchase of Land (Prescribed Forms) (Ministers) (Amendment) Regulations 2026
Made
5th February 2026
Coming into force
18th February 2026
The Secretary of State makes these Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 7(2), 11(1) and (3), 12(1), 15(4)(e) and (f) and (5), and 22 of, and paragraphs 2(1) and (3), 3(1), 6(4)(e) and (f) and (5) of Schedule 1 and paragraph 9 of Schedule 3 to, the Acquisition of Land Act 1981.

## 1 Citation, commencement and extent {#regulation-1}

(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Compulsory Purchase of Land (Prescribed Forms) (Ministers) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 and come into force on 18th February 2026.
(2) These Regulations extend to England and Wales.

## 2 Amendment to the Compulsory Purchase of Land (Prescribed Forms) (Ministers) Regulations 2004 {#regulation-2}

(1) The Compulsory Purchase of Land (Prescribed Forms) (Ministers) Regulations 2004 are amended as follows.
(2) In regulation 3—
(a) after paragraph (b), insert—
(ba) for the purposes of section 11(1)(a) and paragraph 2(1)(a) of Schedule 1, the form of a newspaper notice shall be Form 6A;
;
(b) omit paragraph (c) (i);
(c) for paragraph (e), substitute—
(e) for the purposes of section 15(5) and paragraph 6(5) of Schedule 1—
(i) the form of a confirmation notice or making notice not published in a newspaper shall be Form 10, except that where confirmation is by the acquiring authority pursuant to section 14A, it shall be Form 11;
(ii) the form of a confirmation or making notice published in a newspaper shall be Form 10A, except that where confirmation is by the acquiring authority pursuant to section 14A it shall be Form 11A;
(iii) the form of a fulfilment notice not published in a local newspaper shall be Form 11B;
(iv) the form of a fulfilment notice published in a local newspaper shall be Form 11C;
.
(3) In the Schedule—
(a) in the contents list—
(i) after the entry for Form 6 insert a new entry for Form 6A entitled “Notice concerning a compulsory purchase order in a newspaper”;
(ii) in the entry for Form 7 omit “newspaper publication,”;
(iii) in the entry for Form 10 insert the words “other than in a newspaper” at the end;
(iv) after the entry for Form 10 insert a new entry for Form 10A entitled “Notice of making or confirmation (other than by the acquiring authority) of a compulsory purchase order in a newspaper”;
(v) in the entry for Form 11 insert the words “other than in a newspaper” at the end;
(vi) after the entry for Form 11 insert the following new entries—
(aa) for Form 11A entitled “Notice of confirmation by an acquiring authority of a compulsory purchase order in a newspaper”;
(bb) for Form 11B entitled “Notice of the fulfilment of conditions and order becoming operative other than in a newspaper”;
(cc) for Form 11C entitled “Notice of the fulfilment of conditions and order becoming operative in a newspaper”;
(b) after Form 6, insert Form 6A set out in the Schedule to these Regulations;
(c) for Form 7, substitute the corresponding new form set out in the Schedule to these Regulations;
(d) for each of Forms 8, 9, 9A and 10, substitute the corresponding new form set out in the Schedule to these Regulations;
(e) after Form 10, insert Form 10A set out in the Schedule to these Regulations;
(f) for Form 11, substitute the corresponding new form set out in the Schedule to these Regulations;
(g) after Form 11, insert Forms 11A, 11B and 11C set out in the Schedule to these Regulations;
(h) for Form 12, substitute the corresponding new form set out in the Schedule to these Regulations.

## Schedule NEW AND SUBSTITUTED FORMS {#schedule}

Regulation 2(3)