Acquisition of Land Act 1981

Notices after making of orderE+W

[F16(1)After the order has been made, the Minister must—E+W

(a)serve a making notice, and a copy of the order as made, on each person on whom a notice was required to be served under paragraph 3, and

(b)affix a making notice to a conspicuous object or objects on or near the land comprised in the order.

(2)The notice under sub-paragraph (1)(b) must—

(a)be addressed to persons occupying or having an interest in the land;

(b)so far as practicable, be kept in place by the acquiring authority until the expiry of a period of six weeks beginning with the date when the order becomes operative.

(3)The Minister must also publish a making notice in one or more local newspapers circulating in the locality in which the land comprised in the order is situated.

(4)A making notice is a notice—

(a)describing the land;

(b)stating that the order has been made;

(c)(except in the case of a notice under sub-paragraph (1)(a)) naming a place where a copy of the order as made and of the map referred to there may be inspected at all reasonable hours;

(d)that a person aggrieved by the order may apply to the High Court as mentioned in section 23.

(5)A making notice must be in the prescribed form.]

Textual Amendments

F1Sch. 1 para. 6 substituted (6.8.2004 for specified purposes, 31.10.2004 in so far as not already in force) by Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004 (c. 5), s. 101(5) (with s. 101(6)); S.I. 2004/2097, art. 2; S.I. 2004/2593, art. 2(a)