30.—(1) The 1981 Act applies as if this Order were a compulsory purchase order.
(2) The 1981 Act, as applied, 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) Omit section 5(1) (earliest date for execution of declaration).
(5) Omit section 5A (time limit for general vesting declaration).
(6) In section 5B(1) (extension of time limit during challenge)—
(a)for “section 23 of the Acquisition of Land Act 1981 (application to High Court in respect of compulsory purchase order)” substitute “section 118 of the Planning Act 2008 (legal challenges relating to applications for orders granting development consent)”; and
(b)for “the three year period mentioned in section 5A” substitute “the five year period mentioned in article 25 (time limit for exercise of authority to acquire land compulsorily) of the HyNet Carbon Dioxide Pipeline Order 2024”.
(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 of the Planning Act 2008”.
(8) In section 7 (constructive notice to treat) in subsection (1)(a) omit “(as modified by section 4 of the Acquisition of Land Act 1981)”.
(9) In Schedule A1 (counter-notice requiring purchase of land not in general vesting declaration), for paragraph 1(2) substitute—
“(1) But see article 31(4) (acquisition of subsoil or airspace only) of the HyNet Carbon Dioxide Pipeline Order 2024, which excludes the acquisition of subsoil or airspace only from this Schedule.”
(10) References to the 1965 Act in the 1981 Act are to be constructed as references to the 1965 Act as applied by section 125 (application of compulsory acquisition provisions) of the 2008 Act and as modified by article 32 (modification of Part 1 of the 1965 Act) to the compulsory acquisition of the land under this Order.
Section 5 was amended by Schedule 15 to the Housing and Planning Act 2016 (c. 22).