30 Interpretation of Part IV.S
(1)In this Part of this Act “the parties directly concerned”, in relation to an interest in land, means the person entitled to the interest and the authority by whom it is proposed to be acquired.
(2)For the purposes of sections 25 and 26 of this Act, an interest in land shall be taken to be an interest proposed to be acquired by an authority possessing compulsory purchase powers in the following (but no other) circumstances, that is to say—
(a)where, for the purposes of a compulsory acquisition by that authority of land consisting of or including land in which that interest subsists, a notice required to be published or served in connection with that acquisition, either by an Act or by any Standing Order of either House of Parliament relating to petitions for private bills, has been published or served in accordance with that Act or Order; or
(b)where a notice requiring the purchase of that interest has been served under any enactment, and in accordance with that enactment that authority are to be deemed to have served a notice to treat in respect of that interest; or
(c)where an offer in writing has been made by or on behalf of that authority to negotiate for the purchase of that interest.
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Textual Amendments
F1S. 30(3) repealed (25.9.1991) by Planning and Compensation Act 1991 (c. 34, SIF 28:2), ss. 79, 84(6), Sch. 17 Pt. I, para. 10, Sch. 19, Pt.IV (with s. 84(5)); S.I. 1991/2092, art.3, Sch. 1 (with art. 4, Sch. 2 Pt. II)
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1S. 30(2) modified by Local Government, Planning and Land Act 1980 (c. 65), s. 141, Sch. 27 para. 24
C2S. 30(2) modified by Housing (Scotland) Act 1987 (c. 26, SIF 61), ss. 77(3)(4), 335, Sch. 6 para. 8
C3S. 30(2)(a) modified (15.1.2007) by Glasgow Airport Rail Link Act 2007 (asp 1), s. 19 (with s. 50)
C4S. 30(2)(a) modified (19.4.2007) by Edinburgh Airport Rail Link Act 2007 (asp 16), s. 24 (with ss. 52, 60)
C5S. 30(2)(a) modified (8.5.2007) by Airdrie-Bathgate Railway and Linked Improvements Act 2007 (asp 19), s. 24 (with ss. 48, 59)