# The Housing and Planning Act 2016 (Compulsory Purchase) (Corresponding Amendments) Regulations 2016, Paragraph 4: New Towns Act 1981


(1) The New Towns Act 1981 is amended as follows.
(2) In Schedule 4 (procedure for authorising compulsory acquisitions), in paragraph 5—
(a) omit the “and” before paragraph (c),
(b) after paragraph (c) insert—
“(d) containing a prescribed statement about the effect of Parts 2 and 3 of the Compulsory Purchase (Vesting Declarations) Act 1981, and
(e) inviting any person who would be entitled to claim compensation if a declaration were executed under section 4 of that Act to give the acquiring authority information about the person’s name, address and interest in land, using a prescribed form,”, and
(c) for the words from “on—” to the end, substitute “on any person who, if Part 2 of the Acquisition of Land Act 1981 applied to the acquisition, would be entitled to a notice under section 12 of that Act (notice to owners, lessees and occupiers).”.
(3) In Schedule 5 (procedure for authorising compulsory acquisition of undertakers’ land), for paragraph 5 substitute—
“5. As soon as may be after a compulsory purchase order has been made on such an application the acquiring authority shall serve on any person who, if Part 2 of the Acquisition of Land Act 1981 applied to the acquisition, would be entitled to a notice under section 12 of that Act (notice to owners, lessees and occupiers), a notice in the prescribed form—
(a) stating that the order has been made,
(b) naming a place where where a copy of the order and of the map referred to therein may be seen at any reasonable hour,
(c) containing a prescribed statement about the effect of Parts 2 and 3 of the Compulsory Purchase (Vesting Declarations) Act 1981, and
(d) inviting any person who would be entitled to claim compensation if a declaration were executed under section 4 of that Act to give the acquiring authority information about the person’s name, address and interest in land, using a prescribed form.”
(4) The amendments made by this paragraph apply only in relation to a compulsory purchase order made after this paragraph comes into force.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2016/9780111151112/schedule/paragraph/4 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/draft-housing-and-planning-act-2016-compulsory-purchase-corresponding-amendments-regulations-2016/schedule/paragraph-4
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