{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/new-towns-act-1981/schedule-5/paragraph-5",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/new-towns-act-1981/schedule-5/paragraph-5.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1981/64",
  "legislation_title": "New Towns Act 1981",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/new-towns-act-1981",
  "path": "schedule/5/paragraph/5",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "5",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "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—\n(a) stating that the order has been made,\n(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,\n(c) containing a prescribed statement about the effect of Parts 2 and 3 of the Compulsory Purchase (Vesting Declarations) Act 1981, and\n(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.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Sch. 5 para. 5 substituted (2.2.2017) by The Housing and Planning Act 2016 (Compulsory Purchase) (Corresponding Amendments) Regulations 2017 (S.I. 2017/16), reg. 1(2), Sch. para. 4(3) (with Sch. para. 4(4))"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1981/64/schedule/5/paragraph/5",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:13:40.790981+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}