Point in time view as at 01/02/1991.
Local Government, Planning and Land Act 1980, Paragraph 17 is up to date with all changes known to be in force on or before 01 March 2025. There are changes that may be brought into force at a future date. Changes that have been made appear in the content and are referenced with annotations.
17(1)In section 126 of that Act (appropriation of land by parish and community councils and by parish meetings) the words in subsection (4) following paragraph (b) shall cease to have effect.E+W+S
(2)The following subsections shall be inserted after that subsection:—
“(4A)Neither a parish or community council nor a parish meeting may appropriate by virtue of this section any land consisting or forming part of an open space unless before appropriating the land they cause notice of their intention to do so, specifying the land in question, to be advertised in two consecutive weeks in a newspaper circulating in the area in which the land is situated, and consider any objetions to the proposed appropriation which may be made to them.
(4B)Where land is appropriated by virtue of subsection (4A) above is held—
(a)for the purposes of section 164 of the Public Health Act 1875 (pleasure grounds); or
(b)in accordance with section 10 of the Open Spaces Act 1906 (duty of local authority to maintain open spaces and burial grounds),
the land shall by virtue of the appropriation be freed from any trust arising solely by virtue of its being land held in trust for enjoyment by the public in accordance with the said section 164 or, as the case may be, the said section 10.”.
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