Housing and Planning Act 2016 (c. 22)

SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 18 Objection to division of land following vesting declaration

PART 1 Amendments to Compulsory Purchase (Vesting Declarations) Act 1981

3 In section 7 (constructive notice to treat), for subsection (1) substitute—

“(1) On the vesting date the provisions of—

(a) the Land Compensation Act 1961 (as modified by section 4 of the Acquisition of Land Act 1981),

(b) the Compulsory Purchase Act 1965, and

(c) Schedule A1 to this Act,

shall apply as if, on the date on which the general vesting declaration was executed, a notice to treat had been served on every person on whom, under section 5 of the Compulsory Purchase Act 1965, the acquiring authority could have served such a notice, other than any person entitled to a minor tenancy or a long tenancy which is about to expire.”