Forestry Act 1967

7 (1) So soon as may be after a compulsory purchase order has been made by the Minister, he shall— E+W+S

(a) publish in one or more newspapers circulating in the locality in which the land to which the order relates is situated a notice stating that the order has been made and naming a place where a copy of the order and of the map referred to therein may be seen at all reasonable hours; and

(b) serve a like notice on every person who made an objection to the order.

(2) Section 30 of this Act applies to the service of a notice under sub-paragraph (1)(b) above as it applies to the service of documents under Part II of this Act.

[F1 (2A) Sub-paragraphs (2B) to (2H) apply where a compulsory purchase order authorises the compulsory purchase of land in England or Wales.

(2B) The appropriate national authority must serve the notice mentioned in sub-paragraph (1) on any person who, if Schedule 1 to the Acquisition of Land Act 1981 applied to the acquisition, would be entitled to a notice under paragraph 3 of that Schedule (notice to owners, lessees and occupiers).

(2C) The notice must—

(a) contain a statement about the effect of Parts 2 and 3 of the Compulsory Purchase (Vesting Declarations) Act 1981), and

(b) invite any person who would be entitled to claim compensation if a declaration were executed under section 4 of the Compulsory Purchase (Vesting Declarations) Act 1981 to give the appropriate national authority information about the person’s name, address and interest in land, using a form set out in the notice.

(2D) The statement referred to in sub-paragraph (2C)(a) must be the same as the relevant statement prescribed under paragraph 6(4)(e) of Schedule 1 to the Acquisition of Land Act 1981, subject to any necessary modifications.

(2E) The form mentioned in sub-paragraph (2C)(b) must be the same as the relevant form prescribed under paragraph 6(4)(f) of Schedule 1 to the Acquisition of Land Act 1981, subject to any necessary modifications.

(2F) The appropriate national authority must send a copy of the notice to the Chief Land Registrar and it shall be a local land charge in respect of the land in England or Wales to which it relates.

(2G) For the purposes of sub-paragraphs (2D) and (2E), a statement or a form is “relevant” if it was prescribed by the appropriate national authority which has to serve it.

(2H) In this paragraph, the “appropriate national authority” means—

(a) in relation to the compulsory purchase of land in England, the Secretary of State, and

(b) in relation to the compulsory purchase of land in Wales, the Welsh Ministers.]

(3) Where the order is subject to special parliamentary procedure, the notice to be published and served by the Minister under sub-paragraph (1) above shall contain a statement that the order is to be laid before Parliament under the M1 M2 Statutory Orders (Special Procedure) Acts 1945 and 1965.

Textual Amendments

F1 Sch. 5 para. 7(2A)-(2H) inserted (E.W.) (2.2.2017) by The Housing and Planning Act 2016 (Compulsory Purchase) (Corresponding Amendments) Regulations 2017 (S.I. 2017/16), reg. 1(2), Sch. para. 3(1) (with Sch. para. 3(2))

Marginal Citations

M1 1945 c. 18 (9 & 10 Geo. 6)(89)

M2 1965 c. 43(89)