(1)As soon as may be after executing a general vesting declaration the acquiring authority shall serve—
(a)on every occupier of any of the land specified in the declaration (other than land in which there subsists a minor tenancy or a long tenancy which is about to expire), and
(b)on every other person who has given information to the acquiring authority with respect to any of that land in pursuance of the invitation published and served under section 3(1) above,
a notice in the prescribed form specifying the land and stating the effect of the declaration.
(2)Section 283 of the [1971 c. 78.] Town and Country Planning Act 1971 (service of notices) shall apply as if this section formed part of that Act.