SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 2COMPULSORY ACQUISITION OF LAND

PART IILICENCE HOLDERS' LAND EXCLUDED FROM COMPULSORY ACQUISITION

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Where—

a

an application for a vesting order is made by a person with power to acquire land otherwise than by agreement (other than a licence holder) in respect of land which includes land belonging to a licence holder and used for any purpose connected with the carrying on of the activities which he is authorised by his licence to carry on; and

b

that licence holder 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) 1972,

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 carrying on of those activities; or

ii

that, if purchased, the land can be replaced by other land belonging to, or available for acquisition by, the licence holder without serious detriment to the carrying on of those activities.