SCHEDULES

C1SCHEDULE 1 Purchases by Ministers

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Notices after making of order

F16

1

After the order has been made, the Minister must—

a

serve a making notice, and a copy of the order as made, on each person on whom a notice was required to be served under paragraph 3, and

b

affix a making notice to a conspicuous object or objects on or near the land comprised in the order.

2

The notice under sub-paragraph (1)(b) must—

a

be addressed to persons occupying or having an interest in the land;

b

so far as practicable, be kept in place by the acquiring authority until the expiry of a period of six weeks beginning with the date when the order becomes operative.

3

The Minister must also publish a making notice—

F6a

in one or more local newspapers circulating in the locality in which the land comprised in the order is situated F7, and

b

on an appropriate website, until the end of the period of 6 weeks beginning with the day on which the Minister takes the final step needed to comply with sub-paragraph (1)(a).

4

A making notice is a notice—

a

describing the land;

b

stating that the order has been made;

c

(except in the case of a notice under sub-paragraph (1)(a)) naming a place where a copy of the order as made and of the map referred to there may be inspected at all reasonable hours;

F5ca

specifying a website on which those copies may be viewed;

d

that a person aggrieved by the order may apply to the High Court as mentioned in section 23.

F2e

containing a prescribed statement about the effect of Parts 2 and 3 of the Compulsory Purchase (Vesting Declarations) Act 1981;

f

inviting any person who would be entitled to claim compensation if a declaration were executed under section 4 of that Act to give the acquiring authority information about the person's name, address and interest in land, using a prescribed form.

F44A

If the appropriate authority is satisfied that, because of special circumstances, it is impracticable for the Minister to make the copies referred to in sub-paragraph (4)(c) available for inspection at an appropriate place, the appropriate authority may direct that the requirement in sub-paragraph (4)(c) is not to apply.

5

A making notice must be in the prescribed form.

F36

The Minister must send the making notice to the Chief Land Registrar and it shall be a local land charge.