Section 17 Publication of proposed orders and reference to Commission.

to be advertised in two or more newspapers circulating in the locality in which the highways to which the proposals relate are or will be situated; and

to be sent to every local authority in whose area any such highway as aforesaid is or will be situated and to any water, F1seweragegas or electricity undertakers having any cables, wires, mains or pipes laid along, across, over or under any such highway as aforesaid; and

to be sent to the National Rivers Authority where the National Rivers Authority has any mains or pipes laid along, across, over or under any such highways as aforesaid; and

to be displayed in a prominent position at the ends of so much of any highway as is proposed to be stopped up or diverted under the order; and

F3in the case of an order authorising the compulsory acquisition of land, to be served on every owner, lessee or occupier (except tenants for a month or a less period than a month) of any of the land proposed to be compulsorily acquired.

in the case of an order authorising the compulsory acquisition of land, to be served on every person—

by delivering it to the person on whom it is to be served; or

by leaving it at the usual or last known place of abode of that person; or

by sending it in a prepaid registered letter addressed to that person at his usual or last known place of abode; or

in the case of an incorporated company or body, by delivering it to the secretary or clerk of the company or body at their registered or principal office or sending it in a prepaid registered letter addressed to the secretary or clerk of the company or body at that office; or

if it is not practicable after reasonable inquiry to ascertain the name or address of the person on whom it should be served, by addressing it to him by the description of owner or lesseeF4or “tenant” or occupier of F5, or “person interested” in,the land (describing it) to which it relates and by delivering it to some person on the land, or, if there is no person on the land to whom it can be delivered, by displaying it in a prominent position on the land.