Town and Country Planning Act 1971

PART XII Statutory Undertakers

Application of ss.225 to 231 to matters arising before 6th December 1968

60 (1) This paragraph shall have effect as respects the application, by virtue of Part I of this Schedule/of the provisions of this Act hereinafter specified in relation to matters arising before 6th December 1968 (in this paragraph referred to as " the relevant date ").

(2) In relation to any application for planning permission made before the relevant date or any appeal from the decision on an application so made, section 225 of this Act shall have effect as if it contained provisions corresponding to section 159(2) and (5) of the Act of 1962 and as if subsection (2)(b) were omitted.

(3) In relation to any decision made before the relevant date, section 226 of this Act shall have effect as if it contained provisions corresponding to section 160(1) of the Act of 1962.

(4) In relation to any order of which notice has been given under section 161(2) of the Act of 1962 before the relevant date, section 227 of this Act shall have effect as if it contained provisions corresponding to the said section 161(2).

(5) In relation to any order of which notice has been given under section 162(2) of the Act of 1962 before the relevant date, section 228 of this Act shall have effect as if it contained provisions corresponding to the said section 162(2).

(6) In relation to a compulsory purchase order made or confirmed before the relevant date, section 229 of this Act shall have effect as if it contained provisions corresponding to section 163(3)(d) of the Act of 1962.

(7) In relation to any order made before the relevant date under section 164 of the Act of 1962, section 231 of this Act shall have effect as if it contained provisions corresponding to section 165(3) of the Act of 1962.

Extinguishment of rights: notices served before 6th December 1968

61 In relation to a notice served before 6th December 1968, section 230(1) of this Act shall have effect with the omission—

(a) of the words from " if satisfied " to " appropriated " ; and

(b) of the words from "of twenty-eight days" to "as may be"

Application of section 230 to land acquired by Central Land Board

62 In section 230(1) of this Act, the reference to land acquired by a Minister, a local authority or statutory undertakers under Part VI of this Act shall be construed as including a reference to land acquired by the Central Land Board under Part IV of the Act of 1947, as well as to land acquired under the said Part IV by a Minister, a local authority or statutory undertakers.

Right to compensation for decisions made before 6th December 1968

63 In its application, by virtue of Part I of this Schedule, to a decision made before 6th December 1968, section 237 of this Act shall have effect as if for subsection (1)(a) there were substituted provisions corresponding to section 170(1)(a) and (b) of the Act of 1962 and as if subsection (5) contained a proviso, corresponding to that in section 170(3) of the Act of 1962.

Enactments applying section 25 of Act of 1944

64 (1) This paragraph shall have effect for the purposes of any enactment which applies the provisions of section 25 of the Act of 1944 with adaptations consisting of or including adaptations of the references in that section to a purchasing authority or to the purchasing or appropriating authority.

(2) Any such enactment shall be construed (in accordance with Part I of this Schedule or section 38 of the [1889 c. 63.] Interpretation Act 1889) as applying the provisions of section 230-and section 237(2) of this Act with corresponding adaptations of the references in those provisions to a Minister, a local authority or statutory undertakers, or to the acquiring or appropriating authority, as the case may require.