Part 7: Compulsory Purchase Etc Confirmation and time limits Section 180: Timetable for confirmation of compulsory purchase order
The confirmation stage of a compulsory purchase order comprises a number of discrete steps.
	Section 180 inserts new sections 14B and 14C into the Acquisition of Land Act 1981. Section 14B requires the Secretary of State to publish one or more timetables setting out the steps to be taken by confirming authorities in confirming a compulsory purchase order. Section 14C provides that the Welsh Ministers may also publish one or more timetables in relation to steps to be taken by them in confirming a compulsory purchase order.
	This section requires the Secretary of State/Welsh Ministers to publish an annual report to Parliament/ the Welsh Assembly setting out the extent to which confirming authorities have complied with any applicable timetable.