Acquisition of Land Act 1981

The Acquisition of Land Act 1981 (c. 67) is an act of Parliament of the United Kingdom, which concerns English land law and compulsory purchase.

Acquisition of Land Act 1981
Act of Parliament
Long titleAn Act to consolidate the Acquisition of Land (Authorisation Procedure) Act 1946 and related enactments.
Citation1981 c. 67
Territorial extent England and Wales
Dates
Royal assent30 October 1981
Commencement30 January 1982
Status: Amended
Text of statute as originally enacted
Text of the Acquisition of Land Act 1981 as in force today (including any amendments) within the United Kingdom, from legislation.gov.uk.

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The act regulates the conditions for granting a "Compulsory Purchase Order" in the UK.

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  • K Gray and SF Gray, Land Law (7th edn 2011) Ch 11
  • K Gray and S Gray, ‘Private Property and Public Propriety’, in J McLean (ed), Property and the Constitution (Hart 1999) 36-7