The Planning (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Order 2003 No. 430 (NI. 8)

Miscellaneous N.I.

Powers of Department before the acquisition of land for planning purposes N.I.

31.  After Article 91 of the principal Order (development of land held for planning purposes) there is inserted—

“Powers of Department before the acquisition of land for planning purposes

91A— (1) Where the Department proposes to acquire land compulsorily for planning purposes it may, at any time after the date of the publication of the notice mentioned in paragraph 2(a) of Schedule 6 to the Local Government Act (Northern Ireland) Act 1972 (as applied by Article 87(3))) in relation to that land—

(a) enter into an agreement with any person for securing the disposal of the land (in accordance with Article 90) after that land has been acquired for planning purposes;

(b) exercise the power under paragraph (2) of Article 91 in relation to the land as if the land were land to which that Article applies.”.