54Correction of deposited plans
(1)If the deposited plans are inaccurate in their description of any land, the Secretary of State, after giving not less than 10 days’ notice to the owners and occupiers of the land in question, may apply to two justices having jurisdiction in the place where the land is situated for the correction of the plans.
(2)If on such an application it appears to the justices that the wrong description arose from mistake or inadvertence, the justices—
(a)must certify accordingly, and
(b)must in their certificate state in what respect a matter is wrongly described.
(3)A certificate under subsection (2) must be deposited in the office of the Clerk of the Parliaments, and a copy of it must be deposited—
(a)in the Private Bill Office of the House of Commons, and
(b)with the proper officer of each local authority in whose area the land to which the certificate relates is situated.
(4)Upon deposit of the certificate—
(a)the deposited plans are deemed to be corrected according to the certificate, and
(b)it is lawful for the Secretary of State, in accordance with the certificate, to proceed under this Act as if the deposited plans had always been in the corrected form.
(5)A copy certificate deposited under subsection (3) must be kept with the documents to which it relates.
(6)A justice of the peace may act under this section in relation to land which is partly in one area and partly in another if the justice may act in respect of land in either area.
(7)In this section, “local authority” means a unitary authority or, in a non-unitary area, a county council.