Acquisition of Land Act 1981

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

Contents

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

See also

• English land law
• Compulsory purchase
• Re Ellenborough Park [1955] EWCA Civ 4, [1956] Ch 131

Notes

References

Bibliography

• 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

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