Regulation 34 Compulsory acquisition hearings

This regulation applies where the application includes a request for authorisation to compulsorily acquire land or an interest in or right over land (a “compulsory acquisition request”).

The Examining body must fix, and cause each affected person to be informed of, the deadline by which an affected person must notify the F1Secretary of State that the person wishes a compulsory acquisition hearing to be held.

If the Secretary of State receives notification from at least one affected person before the deadline, the Examining body must cause a compulsory acquisition hearing to be held.

At a compulsory acquisition hearing, the following are entitled (subject to the Examining body's powers of control over the conduct of the hearing) to make oral representations about the compulsory acquisition request—