PART IIIACQUISITION AND POSSESSION OF LAND
Powers of acquisition
Application of Part I of Compulsory Purchase Act 196513
1
Part I of the 1965 Act, insofar as not modified by or inconsistent with the provisions of this Order, shall apply to the acquisition of land under this Order–
a
as it applies to a compulsory purchase to which the Acquisition of Land Act 198110 applies, and
b
as if this Order were a compulsory purchase order under that Act.
2
Part I of the 1965 Act, as so applied, shall have effect as if–
a
section 4 (which provides a time limit for compulsory purchase of land) and paragraph 3(3) of Schedule 3 (which makes provisions as to the giving of bonds) were omitted, and
b
in section 11(1) (which confers powers to enter on and to take possession of land subject to a notice to treat on giving not less than 14 days' notice) for the reference to 14 days' notice there were substituted–
i
in a case where the notice to treat relates only to the acquisition of subsoil or the acquisition of an easement or other right over the land, a reference to notice of one month, or
ii
in any other case, a reference to notice of 3 months.