PART IIPOWERS IN RELATION TO LAND EXERCISABLE IN CONNECTION WITH AIRPORTS
Compulsory acquisition
Protection of land from compulsory acquisition6
Where—
a
an application for a vesting order is made by a person with power to acquire land compulsorily (other than an airport operator) in respect of land which includes land belonging to the airport operator of an airport to which Article 3 applies and used for any purpose connected with the performance of his functions as such; and
b
that airport operator has made a representation to the Department concerned before the expiration of one month from the date of the last publication of the notice mentioned in paragraph 2(a) of Schedule 6 to the Local Government Act (Northern Ireland) 1972F1,
the Department concerned shall not make the vesting order unless the Department has certified—
i
that the land can be purchased and not replaced without serious detriment to the performance of those functions; or
ii
that, if purchased, the land can be replaced by other land belonging to, or available for acquisition by, the airport operator without serious detriment to the performance of those functions.