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<Text>Subsection (2) applies where a blight notice has been served and—</Text>
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<Text>no counter-notice objecting to that notice has been served under section 325, or</Text>
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<Text>a counter-notice has been served but the objection has been withdrawn or has been rejected by the Upper Tribunal.</Text>
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<Text>The appropriate authority is to be treated—</Text>
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<Text>as being authorised to acquire compulsorily under the appropriate enactment—</Text>
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<Text>the claimant’s interest in the hereditament, or</Text>
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<Text>in the case of an agricultural unit, the claimant’s interest in the affected area, and</Text>
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<Text>as having served a notice to treat in respect of that interest on the day mentioned in subsection (3).</Text>
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<Text>The day is—</Text>
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<Text>the day specified in directions given by the Upper Tribunal under section 329(9), or</Text>
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<Text>where section 329(9) does not apply, the last day of the 2-month period.</Text>
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