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Acquisition of Land Act 1981
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2(1)The Minister shall in two successive weeks publish a notice in the prescribed form in one or more local newspapers circulating in the locality in which the land comprised in the draft order is situated.E+W
(2)The notice shall—
(a)state that the order has been prepared in draft and is about to be made,
(b)describe the land and state the purpose for which the land is required,
(c)name a place within the locality where a copy of the draft order and of the map referred to therein may be inspected, and
(d)specify the time (not being less than twenty-one days from the first publication of the notice) within which, and the manner in which, objections to the draft order can be made.
[F1(3)In addition, the Minister shall affix a notice in the prescribed form to a conspicuous object or objects on or near the land comprised in the draft order.
(4)The notice under sub-paragraph (3) must—
(a)be addressed to persons occupying or having an interest in the land, and
(b)set out each of the matters mentioned in sub-paragraph (2) (but reading the reference there to first publication of the notice as a reference to the day when the notice under sub-paragraph (3) is first affixed).]
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F1Sch. 1 para. 2(3)(4) added (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(2) (with s. 101(6)); S.I. 2004/2097, art. 2; S.I. 2004/2593, art. 2(a)
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