SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 1E+W Purchases by Ministers

Notices after making of orderE+W

[F16(1)After the order has been made, the Minister must—E+W

(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—

[F2(a)]in one or more local newspapers circulating in the locality in which the land comprised in the order is situated [F3, 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;

[F4(ca)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.

[F5(e)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.]

[F6(4A)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.

[F7(6)The Minister must send the making notice to the Chief Land Registrar and it shall be a local land charge.]]

Textual Amendments

F1Sch. 1 para. 6 substituted (6.8.2004 for specified purposes, 31.10.2004 in so far as not already in force) by Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004 (c. 5), s. 101(5) (with s. 101(6)); S.I. 2004/2097, art. 2; S.I. 2004/2593, art. 2(a)

F2Words in Sch. 1 para. 6(3) renumbered as Sch. 1 para. 6(3)(a) (31.1.2024 for specified purposes) by Levelling-up and Regeneration Act 2023 (c. 55), s. 255(7), Sch. 19 para. 1(6)(a)(i) (with s. 247); S.I. 2024/92, reg. 2(r)

F5Sch. 1 para. 6(4)(e)(f) inserted (1.10.2016 for specified purposes, 3.2.2017 for specified purposes, 6.4.2017 in so far as not already in force) by Housing and Planning Act 2016 (c. 22), s. 216(3), Sch. 15 para. 3(2); S.I. 2016/956, reg. 2(b)(ii); S.I. 2017/75, reg. 3(i); S.I. 2017/281, reg. 4(j)

F7Sch. 1 para. 6(6) inserted (3.2.2017 for specified purposes, 6.4.2017 in so far as not already in force) by Housing and Planning Act 2016 (c. 22), s. 216(3), Sch. 15 para. 3(3); S.I. 2017/75, reg. 3(i) (with reg. 5); S.I. 2017/281, reg. 4(j)