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SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 3S Procedure for authorising compulsory acquisitions

Part IIIS

Acquisitions by Secretary of StateS

9(1)A compulsory purchase order made under section 8(2) of this Act by the Secretary of State—S

(a)shall designate the land to which it relates by reference to a map or maps annexed thereto, either with or without descriptive matter, and

(b)subject to that, shall be in such form as the Secretary of State may determine.

(2)In the case of any discrepancy between the map or maps and any such descriptive matter, the descriptive matter shall prevail except in so far as may be otherwise provided by the order.

10SWhere the Secretary of State proposes to make such an order, he shall prepare a draft thereof, and as soon as may be thereafter shall—

(a)publish in the manner mentioned in paragraph 2 above, and

(b)serve on every person appearing from the valuation roll to have an interest in any of the land to which the draft relates and on any other persons on whom he may think it proper to effect such service,

a notice, in such form as he may determine, similar, with requisite adaptations, to the notice mentioned in paragraph 2(1) above.

11SParagraphs 3, 4, 5, 7 and 8 above shall have effect in relation to such an order—

(a)with the substitution, for references to the acquiring authority, of references to the Secretary of State;

(b)with the substitution, for references to an order as submitted and to the confirmation of an order, of references respectively to an order as prepared in draft and to the making of an order;

(c)with the omission, in paragraph 4(5), of the reference to the acquiring authority;

(d)with the substitution, for the references to a compulsory purchase order under section 8(1) of this Act and to the notice required by paragraph 2 above, of references respectively to a compulsory purchase order under section 8(2) of this Act and to the notice required by paragraph 10 above; and

(e)with the substitution, in paragraph 8, of the words “the Secretary of State proposes to make” for the words “there is submitted to the Secretary of State”.