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102Confirmation by acquiring authority
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(1)The Acquisition of Land Act 1981 (c. 67) (the “1981 Act”) is amended as follows.
(2)After section 14 there is inserted—
“14AConfirmation by acquiring authority
(1)The power to confirm an order may be exercised by the acquiring authority (instead of the confirming authority) if—
(a)the confirming authority has notified the acquiring authority to that effect, and
(b)the notice has not been revoked.
(2)But this section does not apply to an order in respect of land—
(a)falling within section 16(1) or paragraph 3(1) of Schedule 3, or
(b)forming part of a common, open space or fuel or field garden allotment for the purposes of section 19.
(3)The confirming authority may give notice under subsection (1) if it is satisfied—
(a)that the notice requirements have been complied with,
(b)that no objection has been made in relation to the proposed confirmation or that all objections have been withdrawn, and
(c)that the order is capable of being confirmed without modification.
(4)An objection is an objection made by any person (whether or not a person mentioned in section 12(2)), including an objection which is disregarded.
(5)The power to confirm an order under subsection (1) does not include any power—
(a)to confirm the order with modifications, or
(b)to confirm only a part of the order.
(6)The acquiring authority must notify the confirming authority as soon as reasonably practicable after it has determined whether or not to confirm the order.
(7)The confirming authority may revoke a notice given by it under subsection (1).
(8)But a notice may not be revoked if the determination has already been made and notified by the acquiring authority under subsection (6).
(9)An order confirmed by the acquiring authority under subsection (1) is to have the same effect as if it were confirmed by the confirming authority.
(10)Notices under this section must be in writing.
(11)Notice requirements and disregarded must be construed in accordance with section 13.”
(3)The amendments made by this section do not apply to orders of which notice has been published under section 11 of the 1981 Act before commencement of this section.
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