131 Commons, open spaces etc: compulsory acquisition of land

131  Commons, open spaces etc: compulsory acquisition of land

(1)     This section applies to any land forming part of a common, open space or fuel or field garden allotment.

(2)     This section does not apply in a case to which section 132 applies.

(3)     An order granting development consent is subject to special parliamentary procedure, to the extent that the order authorises the compulsory acquisition of land to which this section applies, [unless—

(a)     the Secretary of State is satisfied that one of subsections (4) to (5) applies, and

(b)     that fact, and the subsection concerned, are recorded in the order or otherwise in the instrument or other document containing the order].

(4)     This subsection applies if—

(a)     replacement land has been or will be given in exchange for the

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