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[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.
[F2(e)containing a prescribed statement about the effect of Parts 2 and 3 of the Compulsory Purchase (Vesting Declarations) Act 1981;
(f)inviting any person who would be entitled to claim compensation if a declaration were executed under section 4 of that Act to give the acquiring authority information about the person's name, address and interest in land, using a prescribed form.]
(5)A making notice must be in the prescribed form.
[F3(6)The Minister must send the making notice to the Chief Land Registrar and it shall be a local land charge.]]
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)
F2Sch. 1 para. 6(4)(e)(f) inserted (1.10.2016 for specified purposes, 3.2.2017 for specified purposes, 6.4.2017 in so far as not already in force) by Housing and Planning Act 2016 (c. 22), s. 216(3), Sch. 15 para. 3(2); S.I. 2016/956, reg. 2(b)(ii); S.I. 2017/75, reg. 3(i); S.I. 2017/281, reg. 4(j)
F3Sch. 1 para. 6(6) inserted (3.2.2017 for specified purposes, 6.4.2017 in so far as not already in force) by Housing and Planning Act 2016 (c. 22), s. 216(3), Sch. 15 para. 3(3); S.I. 2017/75, reg. 3(i) (with reg. 5); S.I. 2017/281, reg. 4(j)
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