Local Government, Planning and Land Act 1980
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120 Compulsory acquisition: exclusion of special parliamentary procedure.
(1) The Acquisition of Land (Authorisation Procedure) (Scotland) Act 1947 shall apply to any compulsory acquisition of an interest in land where— (a) the notice of the making or preparation in draft of a compulsory purchase order is first duly published on or after 6th April 1976 (or, in the application of this section to Scotland, 1st September 1976), and (b) the person acquiring the interest is a regional, islands or district council, the Peak Park Joint or Lake District Special Planning Board, any statutory undertakers , the Scottish Ministers or a Minister, subject to the modifications made by this section. (2) Paragraph 9 of Schedule 1 to the Act of 1946 or, as the case may be the Scottish Act of 1947 (special parliamentary procedure for acquisitions from local authorities, statutory undertakers and National Trust) shall not apply to the acquisition except where the interest belongs to the National Trust or the National Trust for Scotland. (3) In this section— “the Acquisition of Land Acts” means the Acquisition of Land (Authorisation Procedure) Act 1946 and the Acquisition of Land (Authorisation Procedure) (Scotland) Act 1947, and “the Act of 1946” and “the Scottish Act of 1947” mean those Acts respectively; “local authority” means— in relation to England, the council of a county or district, the council of a London borough, the Common Council of the City of London and the Greater London Council, in relation to Wales, the council of a county or district, in relation to Scotland, a council constituted under section 2 of the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994, and this section applies to the Isles of Scilly, as if the Council of those Isles were the council of a county; “statutory undertakers” means— persons authorised by any enactment to carry on any railway, light railway, tramway, road transport, water transport, canal, inland navigation, dock, harbour, pier or lighthouse undertaking, or any undertaking for the supply of ..., ... hydraulic power or water, ... , the Civil Aviation Authority, ... , a universal service provider (within the meaning of Part 3 of the Postal Services Act 2011) in connection with the provision of a universal postal service (within the meaning of that Part) and any other authority, body or undertakers which by virtue of any enactment are to be treated as statutory undertakers for the purposes of the Town and Country Planning Act 1971 or the Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1997, and any other authority, body or undertakers specified in an order made by the Secretary of State under this paragraph. (4) An order under paragraph (c) of the definition of “statutory undertakers” in subsection (3) above shall be made by statutory instrument and shall be subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament. (5) This section (which re-enacts section 41 of the Community Land Act 1975 with modifications) shall be taken to have come into force on 12 November 1975 but (in relation to the period before the passing of this Act) shall have effect as if the persons mentioned in subsection (1)(b) above included a new town authority (that is, a development corporation as defined in section 2 of the New Towns Act 1965, or in section 2 of the New Towns (Scotland) Act 1968) and a joint board established under section 2 of the Community Land Act 1975, and as if “local authority” meant (in relation to Scotland) a regional, general or district planning authority within the meaning of Part IX of the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973.
120 Compulsory acquisition: exclusion of special parliamentary procedure.
(1) The Acquisition of Land (Authorisation Procedure) (Scotland) Act 1947 shall apply to any compulsory acquisition of an interest in land where— (a) the notice of the making or preparation in draft of a compulsory purchase order is first duly published on or after 6th April 1976 (or, in the application of this section to Scotland, 1st September 1976), and (b) the person acquiring the interest is a regional, islands or district council, the Peak Park Joint or Lake District Special Planning Board, any statutory undertakers , the Scottish Ministers or a Minister, subject to the modifications made by this section. (2) Paragraph 9 of Schedule 1 to the Act of 1946 or, as the case may be the Scottish Act of 1947 (special parliamentary procedure for acquisitions from local authorities, statutory undertakers and National Trust) shall not apply to the acquisition except where the interest belongs to the National Trust or the National Trust for Scotland. (3) In this section— “the Acquisition of Land Acts” means the Acquisition of Land (Authorisation Procedure) Act 1946 and the Acquisition of Land (Authorisation Procedure) (Scotland) Act 1947, and “the Act of 1946” and “the Scottish Act of 1947” mean those Acts respectively; “local authority” means— in relation to England, the council of a county or district, the council of a London borough, the Common Council of the City of London and the Greater London Council, in relation to Wales, the council of a county or district, in relation to Scotland, a council constituted under section 2 of the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994, and this section applies to the Isles of Scilly, as if the Council of those Isles were the council of a county; “statutory undertakers” means— persons authorised by any enactment to carry on any railway, light railway, tramway, road transport, water transport, canal, inland navigation, dock, harbour, pier or lighthouse undertaking, or any undertaking for the supply of ..., ... hydraulic power or water, ... , the Civil Aviation Authority, ... , a universal service provider (within the meaning of Part 3 of the Postal Services Act 2011) in connection with the provision of a universal postal service (within the meaning of that Part) and any other authority, body or undertakers which by virtue of any enactment are to be treated as statutory undertakers for the purposes of the Town and Country Planning Act 1971 or the Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1997, and any other authority, body or undertakers specified in an order made by the Secretary of State under this paragraph. (4) An order under paragraph (c) of the definition of “statutory undertakers” in subsection (3) above shall be made by statutory instrument and shall be subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament. (5) This section (which re-enacts section 41 of the Community Land Act 1975 with modifications) shall be taken to have come into force on 12 November 1975 but (in relation to the period before the passing of this Act) shall have effect as if the persons mentioned in subsection (1)(b) above included a new town authority (that is, a development corporation as defined in section 2 of the New Towns Act 1965, or in section 2 of the New Towns (Scotland) Act 1968) and a joint board established under section 2 of the Community Land Act 1975, and as if “local authority” meant (in relation to Scotland) a regional, general or district planning authority within the meaning of Part IX of the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973.
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