Water (Scotland) Act 1980

Section 18.

SCHEDULE 2S Orders under Section 17 Authorising Compulsory Acquisition of Land

1SThe order shall incorporate the Lands Clauses Acts and section 6 of the M1Railways Clauses Consolidation (Scotland) Act 1845, and those Acts and the enactments relating to the compensation payable in respect of the compulsory acquisition of land shall apply accordingly subject to the exceptions and modifications specified in Parts I and II of Schedule 2 to the Act of 1947, and to such other exceptions and modifications (if any) as may be specified in the order.

2SA copy of the notice required by paragraph 1 or 10 of Schedule 1 to be published shall be served in accordance with the provisions of paragraph 2 or 11 of that Schedule on every owner, lessee and occupier (except tenants for a month or for any period less than a month) of any land authorised by the draft order to be compulsorily acquired.

3SWhere any such objection as is mentioned in paragraph 6 or 15 of Schedule 1 relates to the compulsory acquisition of land, the Secretary of State may require the objector to state in writing the grounds thereof, and if it is certified by the Secretary of State that the objection relates exclusively to matters that can be dealt with by the tribunal by whom the compensation for the compulsory acquisition is to be assessed—

(a)the Secretary of State may disregard the objection for the purposes of the said paragraph 6 or 15, as the case may be; and

(b)where paragraph 7 or 16 of Schedule 1 applies to the order, the objection shall be disregarded for the purposes of that paragraph.

4SNotwithstanding anything in paragraph 5 or 14 of Schedule 1, the order as made by the Secretary of State shall not, unless all persons interested consent, authorise [F1Scottish Water]F2 to acquire compulsorily any land which [F3it] would not have been so authorised to acquire if it had been made in terms of the draft submitted to or prepared by him.

5SSubject as hereinafter provided, Part III of Schedule 1 to the Act of 1947 (which makes special provision with respect to land of local authorities and statutory undertakers, inalienable land of the National Trust for Scotland, and land being a common or open space or the site of an ancient monument) shall apply to the order as it applies to a compulsory purchase order:

6SAs soon as may be after the order has been made, [F4Scottish Water]F5 shall publish in one or more newspapers circulating in the locality in which the land authorised to be acquired is situated a notice describing the land and stating that the order has been made authorising [F4Scottish Water]F5 to acquire it compulsorily, and naming a place where a copy of the order as made may be inspected at all reasonable hours, and shall serve a like notice and a copy of the order as made on any persons on whom notices with respect to the land were required to be served by virtue of paragraph 2 above.

7SPart IV of Schedule 1 to the Act of 1947 (which relates to the validity and date of operation of compulsory purchase orders under that Act) shall apply to the order as if it were a compulsory purchase order and as if this Act were included among the enactments specified in section 1(1) of that Act; and paragraph 15(1) of that Schedule shall have effect accordingly in relation to the order as if for the words “this Act”, in the third place where those words occur, there were substituted the words “Schedule 2 to the Water (Scotland) Act 1980”, and as if after the words “this Schedule”, in the second place where those words occur, there were inserted the words “or Schedule 2 to the Water (Scotland) Act 1980”:

8SIn this Schedule the expression “the Act of 1947” means the M2Acquisition of Land (Authorisation Procedure) (Scotland) Act 1947.