7 Errors and omissions in plans to be corrected. E+W+N.I.
If any omission, mis-statement, or erroneous description shall have been made of any lands, or of the owners, lessees, or occupiers of any lands, described on the plans or books of reference mentioned in the special Act, or in the schedule to the special Act, it shall be lawful for the company, after giving ten days’ notice to the owners of the lands affected by such proposed correction, to apply to two justices for the correction thereof; and if it shall appear to such justices that such omission, mis-statement, or erroneous description arose from mistake, they shall certify the same accordingly, and they shall in such certificate state the particulars of any such omission, and in what respect any such matters shall have been mis-stated or erroneously described; and such certificate shall be [F1deposited with the clerks of the peace of the several counties in which the lands affected thereby shall be situate] [F1deposited with the chief clerk], and shall also be deposited with the parish clerks of the several parishes in England, and with the postmasters of the post towns in or nearest to such parishes in Ireland, in which the lands affected thereby shall be situate; and such certificate shall be kept by such clerks of the peace, parish clerks, and postmasters respectively along with the other documents to which they relate; and thereupon such plan, book of reference, or schedule shall be deemed to be corrected according to such certificate; and it shall be lawful for the company to make the works in accordance with such certificate.
Textual Amendments
F1Words in s. 7 substituted (N.I.) (31.10.2016) by Justice Act (Northern Ireland) 2015 (c. 9), s. 106(2), Sch. 1 para. 10(1) (with Sch. 8 para. 1); S.R. 2016/387, art. 2(k) (with art. 3)
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1References to parish clerks to be construed as references to the proper officer of a parish or community council: Local Government Act 1972 (c. 70), Sch. 29 Pt. I para. 4(1)(d)
C2S. 7 incorporated (4.5.1991) by S.I. 1991/1162, art. 3(1)
S. 7 incorporated (with modifications) (9.10.1997) by S.I. 1997/2534, art. 3(1)(3)