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New Clause A — (Modification of development plans in relation to land designated as subject to compulsory acquisition.)

Part of Orders of the Day — Town and Country Planning Bill – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 1 August 1947.

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(5) In relation to land being agricultural land within the meaning of the Rating and Valuation (Apportionment) Act, 1928, Subsection (1) of this Section shall have effect as if for the words "twelve years" there were substituted the words "eight years."

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