1(1)This Schedule has effect where a Minister is the acquiring authority.E+W
(2)The compulsory purchase order shall be prepared in draft and shall describe by reference to a map the land to which it applies.
(3)Subject as aforesaid the form of the order shall be such as the Minister may determine.
[F1(3A)The order may, in particular, include provision specifying a period longer than three years for the purposes of section 4 of the Compulsory Purchase Act 1965 (time limit for notice to treat) and section 5A of the Compulsory Purchase (Vesting Declarations) Act 1981 (time limit for general vesting declaration).]
(4)As soon as may be after the draft of the order has been prepared, and before making the order, the Minister shall comply with paragraphs 2 and 3 below.
(5)The provisions of the said paragraphs 2 and 3 as to the notice thereby required shall apply subject to such modifications of the form of the notice as appear to the Minister to be requisite.
Textual Amendments
F1Sch. 1 para. 1(3A) inserted (31.1.2024) by Levelling-up and Regeneration Act 2023 (c. 55), ss. 185(1)(b), 255(7) (with s. 247); S.I. 2024/92, reg. 2(l) (with reg. 6(1))
