Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1997 (c. 8)

Part VIII S Acquisition and Appropriation of Land for Planning Purposes etc.

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1 Pt. VIII excluded (1.4.2007) by Town and Country Planning (Marine Fish Farming) (Scotland) Order 2007 (S.S.I. 2007/268), arts. 1(1), 3(2)(d) (with art. 14(3))

C2 Pt. VIII modified (20.6.2008) by Glasgow Commonwealth Games Act 2008 (asp 4), ss. 42, 49; S.S.I. 2008/245, art. 2

Extinguishment of certain rights affecting acquired or appropriated land S

195 General vesting declarations. S

(1) Schedule 15 shall have effect for the purpose of enabling any authority to whom this section applies to vest in themselves by a declaration land which they are authorised by a compulsory purchase order to acquire and with respect to the effect of such a declaration, the payment and recovery of sums in respect of compensation for the acquisition of land so vested and other matters connected with it.

(2) This section applies to any Minister or local or other public authority authorised to acquire land by means of a compulsory purchase order, and any such authority is in Schedule 15 referred to as an acquiring authority.

(3) This section shall not apply to the compulsory acquisition of land with respect to which a compulsory purchase order was in force before 8th December 1969.

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C3 S. 195 extended (27.5.1997) by 1997 c. 9, ss. 79(1), 83(2) (with s. 45(4)

S. 195 applied (with modifications) (23.12.1999) by S.I. 1999/201 art. 26(1)(2)

S. 195 applied (with modifications) (23.12.1999) by S.I. 1999/203 art. 27(1)

C4 S. 195 applied (with modifications) (2.4.2004) by Highland Council (Inverie) Harbour Empowerment Order 2004 (S.S.I. 2004/171), arts. 1, 26 (with arts. 28, 29)

C5 S. 195 applied (with modifications) (18.1.2006) by Highland Council (Raasay) Harbour Revision Order 2006 (S.S.I. 2006/17), arts. 1, 31 (with art. 35)

C6 S. 195 applied (27.4.2006) by Edinburgh Tram (Line Two) Act 2006 (asp 6), s. 42(1) (with s. 75)

C7 S. 195 applied (8.5.2006) by Edinburgh Tram (Line One) Act 2006 (asp 7), s. 42(1) (with ss. 76, 84)

C8 S. 195 applied (24.7.2006) by Waverley Railway (Scotland) Act 2006 (asp 13), s. 42 (with ss. 50(2), 51)

C9 S. 195 applied (15.1.2007) by Glasgow Airport Rail Link Act 2007 (asp 1), s. 40(1) (with s. 50)

C10 S. 195 applied (19.4.2007) by Edinburgh Airport Rail Link Act 2007 (asp 16), s. 35(1) (with ss. 52, 60)

C11 S. 195 applied (8.5.2007) by Airdrie-Bathgate Railway and Linked Improvements Act 2007 (asp 19), s. 35(1) (with ss. 48, 59)

C12 S. 195 applied (with modifications) (1.6.2010) by The Network Rail (Waverley Steps) Order 2010 (S.S.I. 2010/188), arts. 1, 24

C13 S. 195 applied (with modifications) (11.4.2017) by The Network Rail (Glasgow Queen Street Station) Order 2017 (S.S.I. 2017/100), arts. 1, 32 (with art. 37)