1.—(1) Where the [F1responsible department] proposes to acquire land compulsorily it may make an order (a “vesting order”) vesting the land in the [F1responsible department].N.I.
(2) The power to make a vesting order in respect of any land by virtue of this paragraph includes power to create and vest in the [F1responsible department] new rights over the land as well as to vest existing rights.
(3) The Planning Blight (Compensation) (Northern Ireland) Order 1981 (NI 16) shall apply to land which the [F1responsible department] has resolved to acquire under this paragraph as it applies to land specified in Article 3(1) of that Order.
F1Words in Sch. 2 para. 1 substituted (8.5.2016) by The Departments (Transfer of Functions) Order (Northern Ireland) 2016 (S.R. 2016/76), art. 1(3), Sch. 6 para. 9(2) (with art. 9(2))