General vesting declarations
24.—(1) Subject to paragraph (3), section 195 of, and Schedule 15 to, the 1997 Act(1) (which make provision for the vesting of land subject to compulsory purchase orders) apply to the compulsory acquisition of land under this Order as if this Order were a compulsory purchase order so as to enable Network Rail to vest by general vesting declaration any land authorised to be compulsorily acquired under this Order.
(2) The notice required by paragraph 2 of that Schedule (as so applied) shall be a notice—
(a)that this Order has come into force;
(b)containing the particulars specified in sub-paragraph (1) of that paragraph;
(c)published and served in accordance with the requirements of paragraphs 6 to 6C of the First Schedule to the Acquisition of Land (Authorisation Procedure) (Scotland) Act 1947(2) (publication and service of notice of confirmation of compulsory purchase orders); and
(d)given at any time after this Order comes into force.
(3) In its application to this Order paragraph 15 of Schedule 15 to the 1997 Act shall have effect as if—
(a)in sub-paragraph (2)(a), for the words “the statutory maximum” there were substituted the words “level 3 on the standard scale”; and
(b)sub-paragraph (2)(b) was omitted.
Schedule 15 was amended by the Abolition of Feudal Tenure etc. (Scotland) Act 2000 (asp 5), schedule 12, Part 1, paragraph 60 and schedule 13, Part 1.
1947 c.42. Paragraphs 6A to 6C were inserted by the Title Conditions (Scotland) Act 2003 (asp 9), section 109, which was amended by S.S.I. 2003/507.