2(1)The acquiring authority may pay into court the compensation determined under this Schedule to be placed to the credit of the parties interested in the land, giving their descriptions so far as the acquiring authority is in a position to do so.E+W
(2)When the acquiring authority have paid into court the compensation, it shall be lawful for them to execute a deed poll containing a description of the land in respect of which the payment into court was made, and declaring the circumstances under which, and the names of the parties to whose credit, the payment into court was made.
(3)On execution of the deed poll all the estate and interest in the land of the parties for whose use and in respect whereof the compensation was paid into court shall vest absolutely in the acquiring authority, and as against those persons the acquiring authority shall be entitled to immediate possession of the land.
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1Sch. 2 para. 2(3) modified (31.3.1994) by 1994 c. iv, s. 17, Sch. 2 para. 3
C2Sch. 2 para. 2(3) applied (with modifications) (22.10.1991) by Greater Manchester (Light Rapid Transit System) Act 1991 (c. xvi), s. 13, Sch. para.3.
Sch. 2 para. 2(3) applied (with modifications) (2.3.1995) by S.I. 1995/519, art. 23(3), Sch. 4 para. 6(c)