Regulation 51 Notice of authorisation of compulsory acquisition

This regulation applies if an order under paragraph 3(1) of Schedule 6 to the Act (“the order”) includes provision authorising the compulsory acquisition of land.

In this regulation—

• “the order land” means—

  1. (a)

     in a case where the order authorises the compulsory acquisition of a right over land by the creation of a new right, the land over which the right is to be exercisable;

  2. (b)

     in any other case where the order authorises the compulsory acquisition of land, the land authorised to be compulsorily acquired;

• “the prospective purchaser” means—

  1. (c)

     in a case where the order authorises the compulsory acquisition of a right over land by the creation of a new right, the person for whose benefit the order authorises the creation of the right;

  2. (d)

     in any other case where the order authorises the compulsory acquisition of land, the person authorised by the order to compulsorily acquire the land.

After the order has been made, the prospective purchaser must—

This paragraph applies to any person who, if the order were a compulsory purchase order, would be a qualifying person for the purposes of section 12(1) of the Acquisition of Land Act 1981 M1 (notice to owners, lessees and occupiers).

A compulsory acquisition notice which is affixed under paragraph (3)(b) must—

The prospective purchaser must also publish a compulsory acquisition notice in one or more local newspapers circulating in the locality in which the order land is situated.

A compulsory acquisition notice is a notice, which contains the following information—

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