Explanatory note

These Regulations amend the Compulsory Purchase of Land (Prescribed Forms) (Ministers) Regulations 2004 (“the 2004 Regulations”) (S.I. 2004/2595).

Regulation 2(2) amends regulation 3(c) of the 2004 Regulations, which prescribes forms for notices given under the Acquisition of Land Act 1981 (c. 67). The amendment provides that Form 7 is the form of the newspaper notice and appropriate website notice for the purposes of section 11(1) of, and paragraph 2(1) of Schedule 1 to, that Act.

Regulation 2(3) omits regulation 3A of the 2004 Regulations, which required the Secretary of State to review the operation and effect of regulation 3(da), (db) and (e) (and the associated forms) in the 2004 Regulations and to publish a report setting out the conclusions of that review within five years of 3rd February 2017 and within every five years after that.

Regulation 2(4) inserts new regulation 4A into the 2004 Regulations. It requires the acquiring authority to include additional text in certain prescribed forms where a compulsory purchase order is made or confirmed with a direction made under section 15A of the Acquisition of Land Act 1981 (c. 67) that compensation is to be assessed in accordance with section 14A of the Land Compensation Act 1961 (c. 33).

Regulation 2(5)(a) amends the titles of Form 7 and Form 12 in the contents of the Schedule in the 2004 Regulations.

Regulations 2(5)(b) to (e) replace Forms 1 to 9, 9A, and 10 to 12 in the 2004 Regulations with new versions of those forms contained in the Schedule to these Regulations.

The amendments made by regulation 2(2) and (5)(a), (c), and (e) do not apply to compulsory purchase orders where notice of the making or preparation in draft of the order pursuant to section 11(1) or paragraph 2(1) of Schedule 1 to the Act has been published before the day on which these Regulations come into force.

An impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as no impact on the private or voluntary sectors is foreseen.