10SAfter subsection (2) of section 27 (requirement of consent of Secretary of State etc. to certain disposals of land by local and other authorities) there shall be inserted the following subsection—
“(2A)Before disposing of any land which consists, or forms part, of a common or of an open space (not being land which is held for use as allotments) an authority to whom this Part of this Act applies—
(a)shall, for at least two consecutive weeks in a newspaper circulating in their area, publish a notice of the proposed disposal; and
(b)shall consider any objections to that disposal which may be made to them.”.
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1The text of ss. 1, 5–8, 11, 12, 16, 24–28, 33, 36, 37(1)(2)(3)(4), 38(1), 40, 41, Sch. 1 (a)(b)(c)(i)(ii)(iii)(d)(i)(ii)(e), Sch. 2 paras. 1–10, 12–14, 16–25, 27–34, 37–42, Sch. 3 paras. 2–7, 12–20, 22–24, 26, 28, 32, 33, 34, 36, 37, 38, 39 and Sch. 4 is in the form in which it was originally enacted: it was not reproduced in Statutes in Force and does not reflect any amendments or repeals which may have been made prior to 1.2.1991