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        Compulsory Purchase Act 1965 (c.56)
        Introductory Text
        Main body
        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.
        5. Notice to treat, and untraced owners.
        6. Reference to Lands 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.
        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 Persons without Power to sell their Interests
        SCHEDULE 2 Absent and Untraced Owners
        SCHEDULE 3. Alternative Procedure for obtaining Right of Entry
        SCHEDULE 4 Common Land
        SCHEDULE 5 Forms of Conveyance
        SCHEDULE 6 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 . . .
        TheTown and Country Planning Act 1962 . . .
        The Airports Authority Act 1965
        SCHEDULE 7 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 Repeals
        Part I Enactments Consolidated
        Part II Spent Provisions in Lands Clauses Consolidation Act 1845
        Part III Provisions Superseded by Lands Tribunal Act 1949 and Land Compensation Act 1961

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