Part II, Section 11 · Acquisition of Land Act 1981

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11Notices in newspapers. Public notices#

(1)The acquiring authority shall—

(a)in two successive weeks publish a notice in the prescribed form in one or more local newspapers circulating in the locality in which the land comprised in the order is situated , and

(b)for a period of at least 21 days ending with the day specified under subsection (2)(d), publish a notice in the prescribed form on an appropriate website.

(2)The noticenotices shall—

(a)state that the order has been made and is about to be submitted for confirmation,

(b)describe the land and state the purpose for which the land is required,

(c)name a place within the locality where a copy of the order and of the map referred to therein may be inspected, and

(ca)specify a website on which those copies may be viewed, and

(d)in the case of a person to whom regulation 8(4) refers, not later than 28 days after the day the applicant attains the age of 60 or, as the case may be, pensionable age.

(d)specify the final day for making objections to the order, and the manner in which objections can be made.

(2A)If the confirming authority is satisfied that, because of special circumstances, it is impracticable for the acquiring authority to make the copies referred to in subsection (2)(c) available for inspection at an appropriate place, the confirming authority may direct that the requirement in subsection (2)(c) (together with that in section 12(1)(ba)) is not to apply.

(2ZA)In the case of a notice under subsection (1)(a), the requirement in subsection (2)(b) to describe the land may be met by briefly identifying the land (by giving its postal address or otherwise).

(3)In addition, the acquiring authority shall affix a notice in the prescribed form to a conspicuous object or objects on or near the land comprised in the order.

(4)The notice under subsection (3) must—

(a)be addressed to persons occupying or having an interest in the land, and

(b)set out each of the matters mentioned in subsection (2) (but reading the reference there to first publication of the notice as a reference to the day when the notice under subsection (3) is first affixed).

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a Welsh planning board
means a board constituted under— (a) section 2(1B) of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990;
common
includes any land subject to be enclosed under the Inclosure Acts 1845 to 1882, and any town or village green, • “fuel or field garden allotment” means any allotment set out as a fuel allotment, or a field garden allotment, under an Inclosure Act, • “open space” means any land laid out as a public garden, or used for the purposes of public recreation, or land being a disused burial ground.
communication works
means airways, headings, gateways or water levels.
compulsory purchase
means a compulsory purchase of land, being—
compulsory purchase order
means an order under section 2(1) above, • “confirming authority”, in relation to a compulsory purchase, means, where the acquiring authority is not a Minister, the Minister having power to authorise the acquiring authority to purchase the land compulsorily, • “land”— • “local authority” means— • “National Trust” means the National Trust for Places of Historic Interest or Natural Beauty incorporated by the National Trust Act 1907, • “owner” in relation to any land, means a person, other than a mortgagee not in possession, who is for the time being entitled to dispose of the fee simple of the land, whether in possession or in reversion, and includes also a person holding or entitled to the rents and profits of the land under a lease or agreement, the unexpired term whereof exceeds three years and a person who would have power to sell and convey or release the land to the acquiring authority if a compulsory purchase order were operative, • “prescribed”: see subsection (2) below.
enactment
includes any statutory instrument.
fuel or field garden allotment
means any allotment set out as a fuel allotment, or a field garden allotment, under an Inclosure Act, • “open space” means any land laid out as a public garden, or used for the purposes of public recreation, or land being a disused burial ground.
inspector
means a person appointed under section 14D;
local authority
means a local authority within the meaning of section 7(1) or section 17(4);
mines
means mines of coal, ironstone, slate and other minerals, • “owner”, in relation to mines or minerals, includes a lessee or occupier.
National Trust
means the National Trust for Places of Historic Interest or Natural Beauty incorporated by the National Trust Act 1907, • “owner” in relation to any land, means a person, other than a mortgagee not in possession, who is for the time being entitled to dispose of the fee simple of the land, whether in possession or in reversion, and includes also a person holding or entitled to the rents and profits of the land under a lease or agreement, the unexpired term whereof exceeds three years and a person who would have power to sell and convey or release the land to the acquiring authority if a compulsory purchase order were operative, • “prescribed”: see subsection (2) below.
open space
means any land laid out as a public garden, or used for the purposes of public recreation, or land being a disused burial ground.
predecessor authority
means—
prescribed
means prescribed by regulations under the Opencast Coal Act 1958.
prescribed distance
means the distance prescribed by the compulsory purchase order, or if no distance is so prescribed, 40 yards.
protected minerals
means mines, measures or strata the working of which is prevented under paragraph 3(3) above,
relevant objector
means a person who made an objection to the draft order that—
relevant requirement
means—
representations
means representations as to whether the order should be confirmed.
right
means a right to which section 28(1) of this Act applies, or any right to which this Schedule is applied by any Act passed after this Act.
statutory undertaker
includes the persons mentioned in section 16(3) and in the definition of statutory undertaker in section 17(4);
statutory undertakers
includes— (a)................................
the Acquisition of Land Act
means that Act, b “compulsory purchase order” has the same meaning as in that Act.”
the appropriate Minister
means, in relation to any statutory undertakers, the Secretary of State.
the authorising enactment
means the enactment that confers the power to make the compulsory purchase to which the order in question relates;
the project land
means— (a) the land proposed to be acquired further to the compulsory purchase order, and (b) any other land that the acquiring authority intends to be used in connection with that land;
the undertaking
means the undertaking which the acquiring authority is authorised to carry out by the enactment under which the purchase is authorised, but the compulsory purchase order may include such modifications of references in this Schedule to the undertaking as may be specified in the order.
unit of affordable housing
means a building or part of a building that is constructed or adapted for use as a separate dwelling and— (a) in the case of a building in England, is to be used as— (a) social housing within the meaning of Part 2 of the Housing and Regeneration Act 2008, or (b) housing of any other description that is prescribed, or (b) in the case of a building in Wales, is to be used as housing of a description that is prescribed.
working day
means a day other than a Saturday, a Sunday, Christmas Day, Good Friday or a bank holiday under the Banking and Financial Dealings Act 1971 in England and Wales.