3E+W+SThe following subsection shall be substituted for section 23(2) of the M1Town and Country Planning Act 1959:—
“(2)Before exercising any power of appropriation in relation to land which consists or forms part of open space, not being land which consists or forms part of a common or of a fuel or field garden allotment, an authority to whom this Part of this Act applies—
(a)shall publish a notice of their intention to do so for at least two consecutive weeks in a newspaper circulating in their area; and
(b)shall consider any objections to the proposed appropriation which may be made to them.”.
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