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Town and Country Planning Act 1962

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156 Compulsory acquisition of land in connection with highways

(1) The Minister of Transport or a local highway authority may be authorised to acquire land compulsorily— (a) for the purpose of providing or improving any highway which is to be provided or improved in pursuance of an order under section one hundred and fifty-three of this Act, or for any other purpose for which land is required in connection with such an order, or (b) for the purpose of providing any public right of way which is to be provided as an alternative to a right of way extinguished under the last preceding section. (2) The Acquisition of Land (Authorisation Procedure) Act, 1946, shall apply to the acquisition of land under this section, and accordingly shall have effect— (a) as if this section had been in force immediately before the commencement of that Act, and (b) as if this section were included among the enactments specified in paragraph (b) of subsection (1) of section one of that Act.

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156 Compulsory acquisition of land in connection with highways

(1) The Minister of Transport or a local highway authority may be authorised to acquire land compulsorily— (a) for the purpose of providing or improving any highway which is to be provided or improved in pursuance of an order under section one hundred and fifty-three of this Act, or for any other purpose for which land is required in connection with such an order, or (b) for the purpose of providing any public right of way which is to be provided as an alternative to a right of way extinguished under the last preceding section. (2) The Acquisition of Land (Authorisation Procedure) Act, 1946, shall apply to the acquisition of land under this section, and accordingly shall have effect— (a) as if this section had been in force immediately before the commencement of that Act, and (b) as if this section were included among the enactments specified in paragraph (b) of subsection (1) of section one of that Act.

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