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Section 3 Relocation of the Market

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(1)

Subject to the conditions in subsections (2) and (3), the Council may from time to time—

(a)

relocate the Market to a new site at any place outside or inside the City; and

(b)

in connection with the relocation, discontinue the use of any land for the purposes of the Market.

(2)

A new site must—

(a)

be at least 5.5 acres in size;

(b)

provide a market facility equivalent to that provided at the existing site; and

(c)

either be—

(i)

within 16 miles of the site at which the Market is situated at the time of the passing of this Act and within 3 miles by road of the A11, A47 or A140, or

(ii)

within 1 mile by road of the A1270.

(3)

The Council must not relocate the Market under this section—

(a)

without first consulting the market traders at the existing site, and any other person that appears to the Council to be likely to be affected by the proposed relocation;

(b)

until the new site is laid out for the purposes of the Market and available for use as a livestock market ensuring the continuity of the provision of the market facility; and

(c)

unless it has fixed by resolution a date on which the Market is to be relocated and that date must be at least 90 days after the date of that resolution.