Article 3

after paragraph 15 there shall be inserted the following paragraph:—

“15A

Any inquiry or hearing held under paragraph 4 of Schedule 1 to the Acquisition of Land (Authorisation Procedure) Act 1946^f2, as modified by paragraph 2 of Schedule 4 to the Community Land Act 1975^f3, not being an inquiry the holding of which is, under paragraph 4 as modified, obligatory.”

; and

after paragraph 20 there shall be inserted the following paragraph:—

“20A

Any inquiry or hearing held under paragraph 4 of Schedule 1 to the Acquisition of Land (Authorisation Procedure) (Scotland) Act 1947^f4, as modified by paragraph 2 of Schedule 4 to the Community Land Act 1975, not being an inquiry the holding of which is, under paragraph 4 as modified, obligatory.”