Article 22 Application of Part I of Compulsory Purchase Act 1965

(1)

Part I of the Act of 1965, in so far as not modified by or inconsistent with the provisions of this Order, shall apply to the acquisition of land under this Order—

(a)

as it applies to a compulsory purchase to which the Acquisition of Land Act 1981^f1 applies; and

(b)

as if this Order were a compulsory purchase order under that Act.

(2)

Part I of the 1965 Act, as so applied, shall have effect as if—

(a)

section 4 (which provides a time limit for compulsory purchase of land) and paragraph 3(3) of Schedule 3 (which makes provision as to the giving of bonds) were omitted; and

(b)

in section 11(1) (which confers power to enter on and to take possession of land subject to a notice to treat on giving not less than 14 days' notice) for the reference to 14 days notice there were substituted:

(i)

in a case where the notice to treat relates only to the acquisition of subsoil or the acquisition of an easement or other right over the land, a reference to notice of one month; or

(ii)

in any other case, a reference to notice of 3 months.

(3)

(a)

The Compulsory Purchase (Vesting Declarations) Act 1981^f2 shall apply to the compulsory acquisition of land under this Order as if the Order were a compulsory purchase order.

(b)

The notice required by section 3(1) of the said Act of 1981 as so applied shall be a notice containing the particulars specified in section 3(3) and given at any time following the coming into force of this Order.

(c)

In section 3(2) of the said Act of 1981, as so applied, for “(1)(b)” there shall be substituted “(1)”.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: 1981 c. 67.
f2: 1981 c. 66.