SCHEDULE 24 General Vesting Declarations
Part I General Provisions
Effect of general vesting declaration
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At the end of the period specified in a general vesting declaration, the provisions of the Lands Clauses Acts and of section 6 of the M1Railways Clauses Consolidation (Scotland) Act 1845 (both as incorporated by Schedule 2 to the M2Acquisition Act 1947) and of the Land Compensation (Scotland) Act 1963 shall apply as if, on the date on which the declaration was made, a notice to treat had been served on every person on whom, under section 17 of the M3Lands Clauses Consolidation (Scotland) Act M41845 (on the assumption that they required to take the whole of the land specified in the declaration and had knowledge of all the parties referred to in that section) the acquiring authority could have served such a notice, other than—
(a)
any person entitled to an interest in the land in respect of which such a notice had actually been served before the end of that period; and
(b)
any person entitled to a short tenancy or a long tenancy which is about to expire.