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1 Where a compulsory purchase order is made by the Agency— a a notice under section 12 of the Acquisition of Land Act 1981 (notice specifying the time for making objections) shall be served on every relevant local authority; b each relevant local authority shall have a right to object in accordance with the notice; and c the references in section 13 of that Act to objections made by an owner, lessee or occupier shall include references to an objection made by any relevant local authority. 2 For the purposes of sub-paragraph (1) above, each of the following is a relevant local authority— a the council of any county, county borough or district in whose area the land, or any part of the land, is situated; b any joint planning board in whose district the land, or any part of the land, is situated; and c any National Park authority which is the local planning authority for a National Park in which the land, or any part of the land, is situated.