Pipe-Lines Act 1962

3 E+W+S Where an applicant for a compulsory purchase order is given notice under the last foregoing paragraph that his application is to be allowed to proceed, compliance with the following requirements of this sub-paragraph (and, where subsection (1) of section fifty-one of this Act applies, with the requirement specified therein) shall be a condition precedent to the taking by the Minister of further steps in the matter of the application, namely,—

(a) there must be published by the applicant in two successive weeks in one or more local newspapers circulating in the locality in which the land proposed to be comprised in the order is situate a notice in the prescribed form stating that application has been made to the Minister for the making of the order, describing the land, naming a place in the locality where a copy of the map that accompanied the application may be inspected, and specifying the time (not being less than twenty-eight days from the date on which the notice is first published) within which and the manner in which objections to the application may be made to the Minister;

(b) there must be served by the applicant on [F1 every owner, lessee and occupier (except tenants for a month or any period less than a month) of any land proposed to be comprised in the order[F1 every person—

(i) who is an owner, lessee, tenant (whatever the tenancy period) or occupier of any land proposed to be comprised in the order;

(ii) to whom the applicant would, if proceeding under section 5(1) of the Compulsory Purchase Act 1965, be required to give a notice to treat; or

(iii) who the applicant thinks is likely to be entitled to make a claim for compensation under section 10 of that Act if the order is confirmed and the compulsory purchase takes place, so far as he is known to the applicant after making diligent inquiry,]]

a notice in the prescribed form stating the effect of the order and that application for the making thereof has been made to the Minister, and specifying the time (not being less than twenty-eight days from the date on which the notice is served) within which and the manner in which objection to the application may be made to the Minister.

Textual Amendments

F1 Words in Sch. SECOND para. 3(b) substituted (E.W.) (24.5.2007) by Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004 (Corresponding Amendments) Order 2007 (S.I. 2007/1519) , art. 1(1) , Sch. para. 4(4)(a) (with art. 1(3) )