17.—(1) Part I of the 1965 Act, as modified by the provisions of this Order, shall apply to the acquisition of land under this Order as if—
(a)it were a compulsory purchase to which Part 2 of, or Schedule 1 to, the Acquisition of Land Act 1981(1) applied; and
(b)this Order were a compulsory purchase order under that Act.
(2) Part I of the 1965 Act, as so applied, shall have effect for the purposes of this Order as if—
(a)section 4 (which provides a time limit for compulsory purchase of land) and paragraph 3(3) of Schedule 3 (which contains a provision for two sufficient sureties where a bond is given) were omitted; and
(b)in section 11(1), for the words “not less than fourteen days notice” there were substituted—
“(a)in a case where the notice to treat relates only to the acquisition of subsoil or the acquisition of an easement or other right over the land, not less than one month’s notice; and
(b)in any other case, not less than three months' notice,”.