Commentary on provisions of the Act Schedule 9: Acquisition of rights in land: application of compulsory purchase legislation Compulsory Purchase Act 1965 and compensation enactments
Schedule 9 makes modifications to provisions of compulsory purchase legislation, which refer to the acquisition of land, to make them apt for the acquisition of rights and the imposition of restrictive covenants. The effect of the modifications is that the regime under that legislation will apply where the powers to acquire land under section 4(1) are used to acquire existing rights, to create rights or to impose restrictive covenants.
	Paragraphs 1(a) and 2 make specific modifications to provisions of the Compulsory Purchase Act 1965 and the Land Compensation Act 1973 which are needed to make them apply where rights are acquired, or restrictive covenants imposed, in exercise of the compulsory acquisition power under section 4(1).