Crossrail Act 2008

Compulsory Purchase Act 1965U.K.

2U.K.Part 1 of the Compulsory Purchase Act 1965 (c. 56), so far as not inconsistent with this Act, shall apply to an acquisition of land under section 6(1) as it applies to a compulsory purchase to which Schedule 1 to the Acquisition of Land Act 1981 (c. 67) applies and as if this Act were a compulsory purchase order under that Act.

3(1)In its application by virtue of paragraph 2, the Compulsory Purchase Act 1965 shall have effect with the following modifications.U.K.

(2)Section 4 (time for exercise of powers of compulsory purchase) shall be omitted.

(3)Section 11(1) (power to enter on and take possession of land the subject of a notice to treat after giving not less than 14 days' notice) shall have effect—

(a)in a case where the notice to treat relates only to the acquisition of subsoil or under-surface of land or an easement or other right over land, with the substitution for “fourteen days” of “ one month's ”, and

(b)in any other case, with the substitution for “fourteen days” of “ three months' ”.

(4)In section 22(2) (expiry of time limit for exercise of power of compulsory acquisition not to affect acquisition of interests omitted from purchase), for “section 4 of this Act” there shall be substituted “ section 6(6) of the Crossrail Act 2008 ”.

(5)In Schedule 3 (alternative procedures for obtaining right of entry), paragraph 3(3) (requirement as to sureties in relation to bond for compensation) shall be omitted.