Part IV Compulsory Purchase
Advance payment of compensation
F152ZDMaking a request for advance payment
(1)
The appropriate national authority may by regulations impose requirements about the form and content of a request under section 52(2), 52ZA(3) or 52ZB(3).
(2)
In subsection (1) “appropriate national authority” means—
(a)
in relation to a request relating to the compulsory acquisition of land in England, the Secretary of State;
(b)
in relation to a request relating to the compulsory acquisition of land in Wales, the Welsh Ministers.
(3)
Regulations under subsection (1) may permit or require a person specified in the regulations to design a form to be used in making a request.
(4)
Regulations under subsection (1) may require an acquiring authority to supply, at specified stages of the compulsory acquisition process, copies of a form to be used in making a request.
(5)
Regulations under subsection (1) are to be made by statutory instrument.
(6)
A statutory instrument containing regulations under subsection (1) is subject to annulment—
(a)
in the case of an instrument made by the Secretary of State, in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament;
(b)
in the case of an instrument made by the Welsh Ministers, in pursuance of a resolution of the National Assembly for Wales.