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Title, commencement and application

1.—(1) The title of these Regulations is the Compulsory Purchase of Land (Prescribed Forms) (National Assembly for Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2017 and come into force on 6 April 2017.

(2) The amendments made by regulation 2 apply in relation to a compulsory purchase order which is made or is subject to confirmation by the Welsh Ministers on or after 6 April 2017.

Amendments to the Compulsory Purchase of Land (Prescribed Forms) (National Assembly for Wales) Regulations 2004

2.—(1) The Compulsory Purchase of Land (Prescribed Forms) (National Assembly for Wales) Regulations 2004(1) are amended as follows.

(2) In regulation 3 (prescribed forms in connection with compulsory purchase orders)—

(a)after paragraph (4) insert—

(4A) For the purposes of section 15(4)(e) of, and paragraph 6(4)(e) of Schedule 1 to, the Act, the form of the statement about the effect of Parts 2 and 3 of the Compulsory Purchase (Vesting Declarations) Act 1981(2) which must be used is Part 1 of Form 9A.

(4B) For the purposes of section 15(4)(f) of, and paragraph 6(4)(f) of Schedule 1 to, the Act, the form for giving information to the authority which must be used is Part 2 of Form 9A.;

(b)in paragraph (5) for “section 15” substitute “section 15(5)” and for “paragraph 6” substitute “paragraph 6(5)”.

(3) In the Schedule—

(a)in the contents, after the entry for Form 9, insert—

Form 9AForm of statement of effect of Parts 2 and 3 of the Compulsory Purchase (Vesting Declarations) Act 1981 and for giving information to the authority;

(b)after Form 9, insert the form in Part 1 of the Schedule to these Regulations;

(c)for Form 10, substitute the form in Part 2 of the Schedule to these Regulations;

(d)for Form 11, substitute the form in Part 3 of the Schedule to these Regulations.

Lesley Griffiths

Cabinet Secretary for Environment and Rural Affairs, one of the Welsh Ministers

8 March 2017