SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 5Procedure for Authorising Compulsory Acquisition of Statutory Undertakers' Operational Land

PART IIAcquisitions by Secretary of State

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A compulsory purchase order made by the Secretary of State and the appropriate Minister in pursuance of section 13(1)(b) above—

a

shall be in such form as they may determine ; and

b

shall describe by reference to a map the land to which the order relates.

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Where the Secretary of State and the appropriate Minister propose to make such an order they shall prepare a draft of it, and then shall as soon as may be serve on every owner, lessee and occupier of any land to which the draft relates a notice in such form as they may determine—

a

describing the land ;

b

stating that the making of the order is proposed ;

c

naming a place where a copy of the draft and of the map referred to in the draft may be seen at any reasonable hour; and

d

specifying the time (not being less than 28 days from the service of the notice) within which, and the manner in which, objections to the proposal may be made.

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Paragraphs 3 and 5 above have effect in relation to such an order—

a

with the substitution, for references to an application and to the making of a compulsory purchase order upon it, of references to such an order as prepared in draft and to the making of such an order, and

b

with the omission of the references in paragraph 3(2) to the acquiring authority.