Citation and commencement

1.  These Regulations may be cited as the Compulsory Purchase of Land (Vesting Declarations) Regulations 1990 and shall come into force on 1st April 1990.

Interpretation

2.  In these Regulations, “the Act” means the Compulsory Purchase (Vesting Declarations) Act 1981; and any reference to a numbered form is a reference to the form bearing that number in the Schedule to these Regulations.

Prescribed forms in connection with general vesting declarations

3.  The prescribed forms in relation to the provisions of the Act mentioned below are as follows–

(a)for the purposes of section 4(1), the form of general vesting declaration shall be Form 1;

(b)for the purposes of section 3(3), the form of the statement of the effect of Parts II and III shall be Part 1 of Form 2, and the form for giving information to the authority shall be Part 2 of Form 2;

(c)for the purposes of section 6(1), the form of notice specifying the land and stating the effect of a general vesting declaration shall be Form 3.

Revocation

4.  Regulation 5 of the Compulsory Purchase of Land Regulations 1982(3) is hereby revoked.

SCHEDULE

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations re-enact with minor and drafting amendments the Compulsory Purchase of Land Regulations 1982 insofar as they relate to prescribed forms in connection with general vesting declarations, following a compulsory purchase order.

The forms prescribed by these Regulations are–

• FORM 1 — the general vesting declaration;

• FORM 2 — Part 1—the statement of the effect of the statutory provisions relating to a general vesting declaration; and

  Part 2—the form for the giving of information to the acquiring authority by a person who would be entitled to compensation;

• FORM 3 — the notice that a general vesting declaration has been made.