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F7SCHEDULE 4 Acquisition of land

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F6 Part IVOther provisions

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F5Information

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1

Where, with a view to performing any function of the F2AssemblyF2F3under this ActF3 relating to land, the F2AssemblyF2 considers that F4itF4 ought to have information connected with that or any other land, the F2AssemblyF2 may serve on one or more of—

a

the occupier of the land;

b

any person who has an interest in the land either as freeholder, mortgagee or lessee, or who directly or indirectly receives rent for the land; and

c

any person who, in pursuance of an agreement between himself and a person interested in the land, is authorised to manage the land or to arrange for the letting of it,

a notice specifying the land and the function and the provision which confers the function.

2

The notice shall require the recipient to furnish to the F2AssemblyF2, within a period specified in it (which shall not be less than 14 days beginning with the day on which the notice is served)—

a

the nature of his interest in the land; and

b

the name and address of each person whom the recipient of the notice believes to be the occupier of the land and of each person whom he believes to be, as respects the land, a person mentioned in sub-paragraph (1)(b) or (c) above.

3

A person who—

a

refuses, or fails without reasonable excuse, to comply with the requirements of a notice served on him under sub-paragraph (1) above; or

b

in furnishing any information in compliance with such a notice makes a statement which he knows to be false in a material particular or recklessly makes a statement which is false in a material particular,

shall be guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 4 on the standard scale.