Explanatory note

These Regulations amend the New Towns (Compulsory Purchase of Land) Regulations 1977 (“the 1977 Regulations”) (S.I. 1977/549).

Regulations 2(2) and (3) amend regulation 2 of the 1977 Regulations to provide that Schedules 1 and 2 to the 1977 Regulations (as amended and inserted by these Regulations) apply in different circumstances.

Regulation 2(4), (7) and (8) amend regulation 3 of, and the Schedule (which becomes Schedule 1) to, the 1977 Regulations to specify that the forms prescribed by regulation 3 continue to apply to compulsory purchase orders made under the New Towns Act 1981 (“the Act”) for the compulsory acquisition of land in Wales.

Regulation 2(5) and (9) insert new regulation 3A and new Schedule 2 into the 1977 Regulations. They prescribe new Forms 1 to 11 that apply to compulsory purchase orders made under the Act for the compulsory acquisition of land in England.

Regulation 2(6) omits regulation 4 from the 1977 Regulations.

An impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as no impact on the private or voluntary sectors is foreseen.