Acquisition of Land (Authorisation Procedure) (Scotland) Act 1947

3 S Before submitting the order to the confirming authority, the acquiring authority shall—

(a) in two successive weeks publish in one or more local newspapers circulating in the locality in which the land comprised in the order is situated a notice in the prescribed form stating that the order has been made and is about to be submitted for confirmation and the purpose for which the land is required, describing the land, naming a place within the locality where a copy of the order and the map referred to therein may be inspected, and specifying the time (not being less than twenty-one days from the first publication of the notice) within which and the manner in which objections to the order can be made;

(b) serve on

[F1 (i)] every owner, lessee and occupier (except tenants for a month or any period less than month) of any land comprised in the order

[F2 (ii) the holder of any personal real burden affecting that land if registration of the conveyance in implement of the order would vary or extinguish the title condition in question;

(iii) the owner of any land which is a benefited property (as defined by section 122(1) of the Title Conditions (Scotland) Act 2003 (asp 9)) in relation to any land comprised in the order if such registration would vary or extinguish the title condition in question; and

(iv) the owners' association of the development in question if a development management scheme applies as respects any land comprised in the order and registration of the conveyance in implement of the order would disapply that scheme,]

a notice in the prescribed form stating the effect of the order and that it is about to be submitted for confirmation, and specifying the time (not being less than twenty-one days from the service of the notice) within which and the manner in which objections thereto can be made.

Textual Amendments

F1 Words in Sch. 1 para. 3(b)(i) in Sch. 1 para. 3(b) renumbered as Sch. 1 para. 3(b)(i) (1.11.2003) by Title Conditions (Scotland) Act 2003 (asp 9), ss. 109(2), 129(4) (with ss. 119, 121); S.S.I. 2003/454, art. 2(1)

F2 Sch. 1 para. 3(b)(ii)-(iv) inserted (1.11.2003) by Title Conditions (Scotland) Act 2003 (asp 9), ss. 109(2), 129(4) (with ss. 119, 121); S.S.I. 2003/454, art. 2(1)

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1 Sch. 1 para. 3(b) modified by Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1972 (c. 52, SIF 123:2), s. 107(3)