3The following subsection shall be substituted for section 23(2) of the [1959 c. 53.] Town and Country Planning Act 1959: —
“(2)Before exercising any power of appropriation in relation to land which consists or forms part of an 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.”.