1SIn the Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1997 (c. 8) (referred to in this Schedule as the “principal Scottish Act”), there is inserted after section 88 (circumstances in which purchase notices may be served) the following section—
(1)A purchase notice may be served in respect of Crown land only as mentioned in this section.
(2)The owner of a private interest in Crown land must not serve a purchase notice unless—
(a)he first offers to dispose of his interest to the appropriate authority on equivalent terms, and
(b)the offer is refused by the appropriate authority.
(3)The appropriate authority may serve a purchase notice in relation to the following land—
(a)land belonging to Her Majesty in right of her private estates,
(b)land which forms part of the Crown Estate.
(4)An offer is made on equivalent terms if the price payable for the interest is equal to (and, in default of agreement, determined in the same manner as) the compensation which would be payable in respect of it if it were acquired in pursuance of a purchase notice.
(5)Expressions used in this section and in Part 12 (Crown Land) must be construed in accordance with that Part.”
Commencement Information
I1Sch. 5 para. 1 in force at 12.6.2006 by S.S.I. 2006/268, art. 3(f)
2SIn the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) (Scotland) Act 1997 (c. 9) (referred to in this Schedule as the “Scottish listed buildings Act”), after section 28 (circumstances in which purchase notices may be served) there is inserted the following section—
(1)A listed building purchase notice may be served in respect of Crown land only as mentioned in this section.
(2)The owner of a private interest in Crown land must not serve a listed building purchase notice unless—
(a)he first offers to dispose of his interest to the appropriate authority on equivalent terms, and
(b)the offer is refused by the appropriate authority.
(3)The appropriate authority may serve a listed building purchase notice in relation to the following land—
(a)land belonging to Her Majesty in right of her private estates,
(b)land which forms part of the Crown Estate.
(4)An offer is made on equivalent terms if the price payable for the interest is equal to (and, in default of agreement, determined in the same manner as) the compensation which would be payable in respect of it if it were acquired in pursuance of a listed building purchase notice.”
Commencement Information
I2Sch. 5 para. 2 in force at 12.6.2006 by S.S.I. 2006/268, art. 3(f)