## Application of the 1981 Act 

28. —(1) The 1981 Act applies as if this Order were a compulsory purchase order. 

(2) The 1981 Act, as applied by paragraph (1), has effect with the following modifications. 

(3) In section 1 (application of Act) for subsection (2) substitute– 

“(2) This section applies to any Minister, any local or other public authority or any other body or person authorised to acquire land by means of a compulsory purchase order.”. 

(4) In section 5(2) (earliest date for execution of declaration), omit the words from “, and this subsection” to the end. 

(5) Omit section 5A( a ) (time limit for general vesting declaration). 

(6) In section 5B( b ) (extension of time limit during challenge) for “section 23 of the Acquisition of Land Act 1981 (application to High Court in respect of compulsory purchase order), the three year period mentioned in section 5A” substitute “section 118 (legal challenges relating to applications for orders granting development consent) of the 2008 Act, the five year period mentioned in article 23 (time limit for exercise of authority to acquire land compulsorily) of the Riverside Energy Park Order 2020”. 

(7) In section 6 (notices after execution of declaration), in subsection (1)(b) for “section 15 of, or paragraph 6 of Schedule 1 to, the Acquisition of Land Act 1981” substitute “section 134 (notice of authorisation of compulsory acquisition) of the Planning Act 2008”. 

(8) In section 7 (constructive notice to treat), in subsection (1)(a), omit the words “(as modified by section 4 of the Acquisition of Land Act 1981)”. 

(9) In Schedule A1( c ) (counter-notice requiring purchase of land not in general vesting declaration), for paragraph 1(2) substitute— 

“(2) But see article 25 (acquisition of subsoil only) of the Riverside Energy Park Order 2020, which excludes the acquisition of subsoil only from this Schedule.”. 

(10) References to the 1965 Act in the 1981 Act must be construed as references to that Act as applied by section 125 (application of compulsory acquisition provisions) of the 2008 Act (as modified by article 29 (modification of Part 1 of the 1965 Act)) to the compulsory acquisition of land under this Order. 

## Modification of Part 1 of the 1965 Act 

29. —(1) Part 1 (compulsory purchase under Acquisition of Land Act of 1946) of the 1965 Act, as applied to this Order by section 125 (application of compulsory acquisition provisions) of the 2008 Act, is modified as follows. 

(2) In section 4A(1)( d ) (extension of time limit during challenge) for “section 23 of the Acquisition of Land Act 1981 (application to High Court in respect of compulsory purchase order), the three year period mentioned in section 4” substitute “section 118 (legal challenges relating to applications for orders granting development consent) of the Planning Act 2008, the five year period mentioned in article 23 (time limit for exercise of authority to acquire land compulsorily) of the Riverside Energy Park Order 2020”. 

(3) In section 11A( e ) (powers of entry: further notices of entry)— 

(a) in subsection (1)(a) after “land” insert “under that provision”; and 

(b) in subsection (2) after “land” insert “under that provision”. 

