SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 23Land : Miscellaneous Amendments

PART IIIAmendments of Town and Country Planning Act 1959

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The following subsection shall be substituted for section 23(2) of the [1959 c. 53.] Town and Country Planning Act 1959: —

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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.

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In section 23(3) of that Act the words following paragraph (ii) shall cease to have effect.

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The following subsection shall be substituted for subsection (2) of section 26 of that Act (disposal): —

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Before disposing of any 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 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 disposal which may be made to them.

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In the said section 26—

a

subsection (3); and

b

in subsection (5), the words following paragraph (ii)

shall cease to have effect.

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Section 30(5) (supplementary) of that Act shall cease to have effect