1990 No. 613
ACQUISITION OF LAND, ENGLAND AND WALES

The Compulsory Purchase of Land Regulations 1990

Made
Coming into force
The Secretary of State for the Environment, in relation to England, and the Secretary of State for Wales, in relation to Wales, in exercise of the powers conferred upon them by sections 7(2)1, 10(2), 11(1), 12(1), 15 and 22 of, and paragraphs 2(1), 3(1) and 6 of Schedule 1 and paragraph 9 of Schedule 3 to, the Acquisition of Land Act 19812, and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, hereby make the following Regulations:–

Citation and commencement1.

These Regulations may be cited as the Compulsory Purchase of Land Regulations 1990, and shall come into force on 31st March 1990.

Interpretation2.

In these Regulations–

“the Act” means the Acquisition of Land Act 1981;

“clearance area order” means a compulsory purchase order made pursuant to section 290 of the Housing Act 19853;
“the Planning Act” means the Town and Country Planning Act 19714;

and any reference to a numbered form is a reference to the form bearing that number in the Schedule hereto.

Prescribed forms in connection with compulsory purchase orders3.

The prescribed forms in relation to the provisions of the Act mentioned below are as follows–

(a)

for the purposes of section 10, the form of compulsory purchase order (other than a clearance area order) shall be–

(i)

Form 1; or

(ii)

if the order provides for the vesting of land given in exchange pursuant to section 19 (commons, open spaces etc.), Form 2; or

(iii)

if the order does not provide for the vesting of land given in exchange pursuant to section 19, but provides for discharging the land purchased from rights, trusts and incidents pursuant to that section, Form 3;

(b)

for the purposes of section 10, the form of a clearance area order shall be–

(i)

Form 4; or

(ii)

if the order provides for the vesting of land given in exchange pursuant to section 19 (commons, open spaces etc.), Form 5; or

(iii)

if the order does not provide for the vesting of land given in exchange pursuant to section 19, but provides for discharging the land purchased from rights, trusts and incidents pursuant to that section, Form 6;

(c)

for the purposes of section 11(1) and paragraph 2(1) of Schedule 1, the form of newspaper notice shall be Form 7;

(d)

subject to regulation 4 below, for the purposes of section 12(1) and paragraph 3(1) of Schedule 1, the form of notice to owners, lessees and occupiers shall be Form 8, or if the order is made on behalf of a parish (or, in Wales, community) council, Form 9;

(e)

for the purposes of section 15 and paragraph 6 of Schedule 1, the form of notice of confirmation of a compulsory purchase order shall be Form 10; but in relation to an order made by a Minister, that form shall have effect with the substitution for references to the confirmation of an order submitted of references to the making of the order;

(f)

for the purposes of section 22 and paragraph 9 of Schedule 3, the form of newspaper notice stating that a certificate has been given under section 16 or 19 of, or paragraph 3 or 6 of Schedule 3 to, the Act shall be Form 11.

Additional provisions with respect to listed buildings4.

Where a compulsory purchase order is made under section 114 of the Planning Act (compulsory acquisition of listed buildings in need of repair), there shall be included in Form 8, after the end of paragraph 2, the additional paragraphs set out after the notes to that Form, as follows–

(a)

the additional paragraph numbered 3 shall be included in every case;

(b)

the additional paragraph numbered 4 shall be included in any case where the notice is required by section 117(3) of the Planning Act (minimum compensa tion in the case of a building deliberately left derelict) to include a statement that the authority or Minister has included a direction for minimum compensation;

(c)

the additional paragraph numbered 5 shall be included in every case;

and the remaining paragraphs shall be re-numbered as necessary.

Revocation5.

The Compulsory Purchase of Land Regulations 19825 are, with the exception of regulation 5, hereby revoked.
Chris Patten
Secretary of the State for the Environment
Peter Walker
Secretary of State for Wales

SCHEDULE

CONTENTS
Form 1Compulsory purchase order (other than a clearance area order).
Form 2Compulsory purchase order (other than a clearance area order) providing for the vesting of exchange land.
Form 3Compulsory purchase order (other than a clearance area order) not providing for the vesting of exchange land but providing for discharging the land purchased of rights, trusts and incidents.
Form 4Clearance area order.
Form 5Clearance area order providing for the vesting of exchange land.
Form 6Clearance area order not providing for the vesting of exchange land but providing for discharging the land purchased of rights, trusts and incidents.
Form 7Newspaper notice concerning a compulsory purchase order.
Form 8Notice to owners, lessees and occupiers of land comprised in a compulsory purchase order.
Form 9Notice to owners, lessees and occupiers of land comprised in a compulsory purchase order made on behalf of a parish or community council.
Form 10Notice of confirmation of a compulsory purchase order.
Form 11Newspaper notice of the giving of a certificate under section 16 or 19 of, or paragraph 3 or 6 of Schedule 3 to, the Acquisition of Land Act 1981.
FORM 1

Regulation 3(a)(i)

FORM OF COMPULSORY PURCHASE ORDER

FORM 2

Regulation 3(a)(ii)

FORM OF COMPULSORY PURCHASE ORDER PROVIDING FOR THE VESTING OF EXCHANGE LAND

FORM 3

Regulation 3(a)(iii)

FORM OF COMPULSORY PURCHASE ORDER PROVIDING FOR THE DISCHARGE OF RIGHTS, TRUSTS AND INCIDENTS

FORM 4

Regulation 3(b)(i)

FORM OF CLEARANCE AREA ORDER

FORM 5

Regulation 3(b)(ii)

FORM OF CLEARANCE ORDER PROVIDING FOR THE VESTING OF EXCHANGE LAND

FORM 6

Regulation 3(b)(iii)

FORM OF COMPULSORY PURCHASE ORDER PROVIDING FOR THE DISCHARGE OF RIGHTS, TRUSTS AND INCIDENTS

FORM 7

Regulation 3(c)

FORM OF NEWSPAPER NOTICE CONCERNING A COMPULSORY PURCHASE ORDER

FORM 8

Regulation 3(d)

FORM OF NOTICE TO OWNERS, LESSEES AND OCCUPIERS OF LAND COMPRISED IN A COMPULSORY PURCHASE ORDER

FORM 9

Regulation 3(d)

FORM OF NOTICE TO OWNERS, LESSEES AND OCCUPIERS OF LAND COMPRISED IN A COMPULSORY PURCHASE ORDER MADE ON BEHALF OF A PARISH OR COMMUNITY COUNCIL

FORM 10

Regulation 3(e)

FORM OF NOTICE OF CONFIRMATION OF A COMPULSORY PURCHASE ORDER

FORM 11

Regulation 3(f)

NOTICE OF THE GIVING OF A CERTIFICATE UNDER PART III OF OR SCHEDULE 3 TO THE ACQUISITION OF LAND ACT 1981

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations re-enact with amendments the Compulsory Purchase of Land Regulations 1982, other than regulation 5, insofar as they prescribe forms for use in connection with the compulsory purchase of land under the procedure of the Acquisition of Land Act 1981.

The forms prescribed by these Regulations are—

(i)

for the compulsory purchase order itself, Forms 1, 2 and 3 for an order (other than a clearance area order made pursuant to section 290 of the Housing Act 1985), and Forms 4, 5 and 6 in respect of a clearance area order;

(ii)

the preliminary notices i.e. newspaper notice and the personal notice to owners, lessees and occupiers, describing the effect of the order and specifying how objections can be made (Forms 7, 8 and 9);

(iii)

the notice of confirmation or making of the order (Form 10);

(iv)

the notice that a certificate has been given under Part III of, or Schedule 3 to, the Acquisition of Land Act 1981 (Form 11).

In addition to minor and drafting amendments, the Regulations make the following changes of substance. Section 43 of the Housing and Planning Act 1986 (c. 63) substitutes, with effect from 31st March 1990, a new section 125 of the Local Government Act 1972, which relates to the compulsory purchase of land on behalf of parish or community councils. This has required changes in Forms 7 and 9 and the omission of a prescribed form relating to inquiries where a district council propose to purchase land on behalf of a parish or community council.

Regulations 3(a)(iii) and 3(b)(iii) prescribe new forms of compulsory purchase order, Forms 3 and 6, for use where the land to be purchased forms part of a common, open space or fuel or field garden allotment, where no land is being given in exchange but where the order will provide for the land purchased to be discharged from rights, trusts and incidents to which it was previously subject.