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Local Government, Planning and Land Act 1980

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141 Vesting by order in corporation.

(1) Subject to subsection (2) below, the Secretary of State may by order made by statutory instrument provide that land specified in the order which is vested in a local authority, statutory undertakers or other public body or in a subsidiary of a public body shall vest in an urban development corporation established or to be established by an order under section 135 above for an area in which the land is situated. (2) An order under subsection (1) above may not specify land vested in statutory undertakers which is used for the purpose of carrying on their undertakings or which is held for that purpose. (3) In the case of land vested in statutory undertakers the Secretary of State and the appropriate Minister shall make any order under this section. (4) An order under this section shall have the same effect as a declaration under the Compulsory Purchase (Vesting Declarations) Act 1981 or, in Scotland, section 195 of the Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1997 (both of which relate to general vesting declarations) except that, in relation to such orders, the enactments mentioned in Schedule 27 shall have effect subject to the modifications specified in that Schedule. (5) Compensation under the Land Compensation Act 1961 or, in Scotland, the Land Compensation (Scotland) Act 1963, as applied by subsection (4) above and Schedule 27 to this Act, shall be assessed by reference to values current on the date the order under this section comes into force. (5A) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (5B) No compensation is payable, by virtue of an order under this section, under Part V of the Land Compensation (Scotland) Act 1963 (6) No order under this section shall have effect until approved by a resolution of each House of Parliament. (6A) No order shall be made under this section in relation to a universal service provider (within the meaning of Part 3 of the Postal Services Act 2011. (7) In this section— “subsidiary”, in relation to a public body, means a wholly-owned subsidiary of that body; and “wholly-owned subsidiary” as defined by section 1159 of the Companies Act 2006

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141 Vesting by order in corporation.

(1) Subject to subsection (2) below, the Secretary of State may by order made by statutory instrument provide that land specified in the order which is vested in a local authority, statutory undertakers or other public body or in a subsidiary of a public body shall vest in an urban development corporation established or to be established by an order under section 135 above for an area in which the land is situated. (2) An order under subsection (1) above may not specify land vested in statutory undertakers which is used for the purpose of carrying on their undertakings or which is held for that purpose. (3) In the case of land vested in statutory undertakers the Secretary of State and the appropriate Minister shall make any order under this section. (4) An order under this section shall have the same effect as a declaration under the Compulsory Purchase (Vesting Declarations) Act 1981 or, in Scotland, section 195 of the Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1997 (both of which relate to general vesting declarations) except that, in relation to such orders, the enactments mentioned in Schedule 27 shall have effect subject to the modifications specified in that Schedule. (5) Compensation under the Land Compensation Act 1961 or, in Scotland, the Land Compensation (Scotland) Act 1963, as applied by subsection (4) above and Schedule 27 to this Act, shall be assessed by reference to values current on the date the order under this section comes into force. (5A) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (5B) No compensation is payable, by virtue of an order under this section, under Part V of the Land Compensation (Scotland) Act 1963 (6) No order under this section shall have effect until approved by a resolution of each House of Parliament. (6A) No order shall be made under this section in relation to a universal service provider (within the meaning of Part 3 of the Postal Services Act 2011. (7) In this section— “subsidiary”, in relation to a public body, means a wholly-owned subsidiary of that body; and “wholly-owned subsidiary” as defined by section 1159 of the Companies Act 2006

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