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The Housing and Planning Act 2016 (Compulsory Purchase) (Corresponding Amendments) Regulations 2017

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New Towns Act 1981

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4.—(1) The New Towns Act 1981(1) is amended as follows.

(2) In Schedule 4 (procedure for authorising compulsory acquisitions), in paragraph 5—

(a)omit the “and” before paragraph (c),

(b)after paragraph (c) insert—

(d)containing a prescribed statement about the effect of Parts 2 and 3 of the Compulsory Purchase (Vesting Declarations) Act 1981, and

(e)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,, and

(c)for the words from “on—” to the end, substitute “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).”.

(3) In Schedule 5 (procedure for authorising compulsory acquisition of undertakers’ land), for paragraph 5 substitute—

5.  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—

(a)stating that the order has been made,

(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,

(c)containing a prescribed statement about the effect of Parts 2 and 3 of the Compulsory Purchase (Vesting Declarations) Act 1981, and

(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.

(4) The amendments made by this paragraph apply only in relation to a compulsory purchase order made after this paragraph comes into force.

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