# The Local Authorities etc. (Miscellaneous Provision) (No. 3) Order 1975, Article 5: Sale, etc., and development of land


(1) This article is made by the Secretary of State for the Environment in relation to article 9 of the Local Authorities etc. (England) (Property etc.: Further Provision) Order 1974 as amended by the Local Authorities etc. (Miscellaneous Provision) (No. 5) Order 1974, and by the Secretary of State for Wales in relation to article 7 of the Local Authorities etc. (Wales) (Property etc.: Further Provision) Order 1974.
(2) In each such article—
in paragraph (4)
in sub-paragraph (b), “, not less than 30 days before completion of the transaction as between the parties,” shall be omitted; and
for sub-paragraph (c) there shall be substituted—
“(c) Any notice required by sub-paragraph (b) shall—
be given by recorded delivery;
indicate the purpose for which the land was held immediately before 1st April 1974;
indicate whether the land is registered;
if it is registered, indicate the title number;
if it is not registered, indicate the name and address of the purchaser, lessee or other disponee or of such persons as have been nominated by him or, if that is the case, that the proposal is to sell the land by auction or tender.”
; and
in paragraph (8), for “paragraphs (4) to (7)” there shall be substituted “paragraph (4)”.
(3) Sub-paragraphs (b), (c) and (d) of paragraph (4) of each such article shall not apply in relation to any relevant authority and to any land where that authority have, in an instrument in writing signed by the officer appointed for that purpose, indicated to the authority first mentioned in that paragraph that notices of proposals in respect of the land need not be given to them.
Where the land in question is not registered the authority first mentioned in paragraph (4) of each such article shall give a copy of the instrument to the purchaser, lessee or other disponee or to such persons as have been nominated by him.
No claim by the authority first mentioned in this paragraph that land covered by an instrument issued on their behalf was transferred to them by the Local Authorities (England) (Property etc.) Order 1973 or the Local Authorities (Wales) (Property etc.) Order 1973, as the case may be, shall have effect to affect the title of the purchaser, lessee or other disponee of such land.
(4) The instrument referred to in paragraph (3) may extend to lands specified particularly or by description or to any land.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1975/1636/article/5 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/local-authorities-etc-miscellaneous-provision-no-3-order-1975/article-5
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