C1Part I General
Supplemental
5AF1Power to require information
1
This section applies to information about land in relation to which an acquiring authority is entitled to exercise a power of compulsory purchase.
2
The acquiring authority may serve a notice on a person mentioned in subsection (4) requiring him to give to the authority in writing the following information—
a
the name and address of any person he believes to be an owner, lessee, tenant (whatever the tenancy period) or occupier of the land;
b
the name and address of any person he believes to have an interest in the land.
3
The power in subsection (2) is exercisable for the purpose of enabling the acquiring authority to acquire the land.
4
The persons are—
a
the occupier of the land;
b
any person who has an interest in the land either as freeholder, mortgagee or lessee;
c
any person who directly or indirectly receives rent for the land;
d
any person who, in pursuance of an agreement between himself and a person interested in the land, is authorised to manage the land or to arrange for the letting of it.
5
The notice must specify the period within which the information must be given to the acquiring authority (being a period of not less than 14 days beginning with the day on which the notice is served).
6
The notice must also specify or describe—
a
the land,
b
the compulsory purchase power, and
c
the enactment which confers the power.
7
The notice must be in writing.
8
Section 6(4) does not apply to notices to be served under this section.
Pt. 1 applied (with modifications) (12.8.2012) by The Hinkley Point (Temporary Jetty) (Land Acquisition) Order 2012 (S.I. 2012/1924), arts. 1, 5, 10