Compulsory Purchase Act 1965

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Compulsory Purchase Act 1965
Part I: Compulsory Purchase under Acquisition of Land Act of 1946

Preliminary

1: Application of Part I and interpretation
2: Persons without power to sell their interests.
3: Acquisition by agreement in pursuance of compulsory purchase order.

Compulsory Purchase

4: Time limit for giving notice to treat.
4A: Extension of time limit during challenge
5: Notice to treat, and untraced owners.
6: Reference to Upper Tribunal.
7: Measure of compensation in case of severance.
8: Other provisions as to divided land.

Deposit of compensation and execution of deed poll

9: Refusal to convey, failure to make title, etc.

Further provision as to compensation for injurious affection

10: Further provision as to compensation for injurious affection.

Entry on the land

11: Powers of entry.
11A: Powers of entry: further notices of entry
11B: Counter-notice requiring possession to be taken on specified date
12: Unauthorised entry.
13: Refusal to give possession to acquiring authority.

Acquisition of special interests

14: Mortgages.
15: Mortgage debt exceeding value of mortgaged land.
16: Acquisition of part of land subject to mortgage.
17: Compensation where mortgage paid off before stipulated time.
18: Rentcharges.
19: Apportionment of rent under leases.
20: Tenants at will, etc.
21: Common land.

Supplemental

22: Interests omitted from purchase.
23: Costs of conveyances etc.
24: Power to sell in consideration of a rentcharge.
25: Payment into court.
26: Costs in respect of money paid into court.
27
28: General provisions as to deeds poll.
29: Irregularities in proceedings under the Act.
30: Service of notices.
31: Ecclesiastical property.
32: Commencement of Part I.

Part II: Application of Part I in other cases and Supplemental Provisions

33: Compulsory purchase orders under Water Acts 1945 and 1948.
34: Compulsory purchase orders under Part III of Housing Act 1957.
35: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
36: Orders relating to acquisition of land under s. 67 of Water Resources Act 1963.
37: Compulsory purchase orders under s. 11 of Pipe-lines Act 1962.

38: Application to enactments authorising acquisition of land by agreement.

39: Consequential amendments and repeals.

40: Short title, commencement and extent.

SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 1 Sections 2 and 3.
Persons without Power to sell their Interests

Preliminary
Power to sell and convey to the acquiring authority
Additional powers of entering into transactions with acquiring authority
Valuation on purchase by agreement
Sale in consideration of rentcharge
Application of compensation payable in respect of interest of person under disability
Alternative method of disposing of compensation between £200 and £20
Compensation not exceeding £20
Sums payable under contract with persons not absolutely entitled
Conveyance of the land or interest

SCHEDULE 2 Section 5.
Absent and Untraced Owners

SCHEDULE 2A Section 8
Counter-notice requiring purchase of land not in notice to treat

PART 1: Counter-notice where acquiring authority has not taken possession
PART 2: Counter-notice where authority has taken possession
PART 3: Determination by the Upper Tribunal

SCHEDULE 3. Section 11.
Alternative Procedure for obtaining Right of Entry
SCHEDULE 4 Section 21.
Common Land

General
Duty of owner of right in the soil to convey on payment of compensation
Compensation for common land not held of a manor
Appointment of committee of commoners
Negotiations with committee
Settlement of compensation where no committee is appointed
Execution of deed poll

SCHEDULE 5 Section 23(6).
Forms of Conveyance

General
Conveyance on rentcharge

SCHEDULE 6 Section 38.
POWERS OF PURCHASING LAND BY AGREEMENT

The Small Holdings and Allotments Act 1908
The Salmon and Freshwater Fisheries Act 1923
The Local Government Act 1933
The Water Act 1945
The Civil Aviation Act 1949
The Mineral Workings Act 1951
The Prison Act 1952
The Highways Act 1959
The Town and Country Planning Act 1962
The Airports Authority Act 1965

SCHEDULE 7 Section 39(3).
Consequential Amendments of References to Enactments Re-enacted in this Act

The Railways Clauses Consolidation Act 1845
The Commons Act 1899
The Agriculture Act 1947
The Landlord and Tenant Act 1954
The Housing Act 1957
The Land Compensation Act 1961
The Town and Country Planning Act 1962
References to sections 63 and 68 of Lands Clauses Consolidation Act 1845

SCHEDULE 8 Section 39(4).
Repeals

Part I: Enactments Consolidated: ChapterShort TitleExtent of Repeal9 & 10 Geo. 5. c. 59.The Land Settlement Facilities Act 1919.Section 12(3).16 & 17 Geo. 5. c. 52.The Small Holdings and Allotments Act 1926.Section 17(1).8 & 9 Geo. 6. c. 42.The Water Act 1945.In Schedule 2, in paragraph 1, sub-paragraph (a) and (b), and in paragraph 2 the words “the Land Clauses Acts and”and sub-paragraph (b).9 & 10 Geo. 6. c. 49The Acquisition of Land (Authorisation Procedure) Act 1946. In section 1(3), the words “Land Clauses Acts and other” and the words “I and” in both places.In Schedule 2, Part I except for paragraph 1 (a) as applied by paragraph 7(2) of that Schedule. In Schedule 4, in the entry amending the Land Settlement Facilities Act 1919 the words “In section 12, subsection (3) shall not apply to land purchased compulsorily” .11 & 12 Geo. 6. c. 22.The Water Act 1948.In the Schedule, in paragraph 1, the words from the beginning to “those Acts and”, the words “I and” and the proviso, and paragraph 8(2).5 & 6 Eliz. 2. c. 56.The Housing Act 1957.In Schedule 1, paragraph 1(2).In Schedule 3, paragraph 7(1)(a) and sub-paragraphs (1) to (4), (6) and (8) of paragraph 8, and paragraph 9.In Schedule 7, paragraph 1(2).10 & 11 Eliz. 2. c. 38.The Town and Country Planning Act 1962.In section 75(7), the words from “by the Second” to “1946 and”.In section 86(6) the words from “(notwithstanding” to “1946)”.In Schedule 4, paragraph 6(3).10 & 11 Eliz. 2. c. 58.The Pipe-lines Act 1962.In Schedule 3, paragraphs 1 and 2.1963 c. 38.The Water Resources Act 1963.In Schedule 8, paragraph 12(1)(2)(3).1964 c. 56.The Housing Act 1964.Section 59(3).
Part II: Spent Provisions in Lands Clauses Consolidation Act 1845
Part III: Provisions Superseded by Lands Tribunal Act 1949 and Land Compensation Act 1961

Compulsory Purchase Act 1965

1965 c.56

An Act to consolidate the Lands Clauses Acts as applied by Part I of Schedule 2 to the Acquisition of Land (Authorisation Procedure) Act 1946, and by certain other enactments, and to repeal certain provisions in the Lands Clauses...

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