SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 2ACQUISITION OF LAND

PART IACQUISITION BY THE OFFICE

Compulsory acquisition: procedure, etc.

2

1

Schedule 6 to the Local Government Act (Northern Ireland) 1972 (c.9) shall apply for the purposes of the acquisition of land by means of a vesting order made under paragraph 1 in the same manner as it applies to the acquisition of land by means of a vesting order made under that Act, subject to the following modifications –

a

for any reference to the Department or the council there shall be substituted a reference to the F1responsible department;

b

for any reference to that Act there shall be substituted a reference to this Order;

c

paragraph 1 shall be omitted;

d

in paragraph 2 –

i

for the words “Notice of the application” there shall be substituted “ Notice of the F2relevant department’s intention to acquire the land compulsorily ”;

ii

the words “in such form and manner as the Ministry directs” shall be omitted;

iii

in sub-paragraph (c) for the words “as may be prescribed” there shall be substituted “ as the Department considers fit ”;

e

in paragraph 3(1)(b) after the word “held” there shall be inserted the words “ by the planning appeals commission or by any other person ”;

f

in paragraph 4 the words from “and may provide” onwards shall be omitted;

g

in paragraph 5 –

i

in sub-paragraph (1)(a) the words “in the prescribed form and manner” shall be omitted;

ii

in sub-paragraph (1)(d) the words “in the prescribed form” shall be omitted;

iii

in sub-paragraph (2) for the words “as may be prescribed” there shall be substituted “ as the F1responsible department thinks fit ”;

h

in paragraph 6(2) for the words from “fund out of which the expenses of the council in acquiring the land are to be defrayed” there shall be substituted “ Consolidated Fund ” and for the words “out of the compensation fund” there shall be substituted “ made by the F1responsible department”;

i

in paragraph 11(3) the words “in the prescribed form” shall be omitted;

j

in paragraph 12 –

i

in sub-paragraph (1) the words “such” and “as may be prescribed” shall be omitted;

ii

in sub-paragraph (2) for the words from “clerk” to “directs” substitute “ Department as correct, and publish ”;

k

in paragraph 14(1) the words “in the prescribed form” shall be omitted;

l

in paragraph 15(1) for the words “in the prescribed form” there shall be substituted “ in such form as may be approved by the Department ”;

m

paragraphs 19 and 20(2) shall be omitted.