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[F142A Acquisition of land: air traffic services licence holders.U.K.

(1)A licence holder may be authorised by the Secretary of State to acquire land in Great Britain compulsorily for any purpose connected with the carrying out of the activities authorised by the licence.

(2)Where a licence holder proposes to acquire, otherwise than by agreement, any land in Northern Ireland—

(a)which is required by the licence holder for any purpose connected with the carrying out of the activities authorised by the licence, or

(b)as to which it can reasonably be foreseen that it will be so required,

the licence holder may apply to the Secretary of State for an order vesting the land in it, and the Secretary of State shall have power to make such an order.

(3)The Secretary of State shall not grant an authorisation under subsection (1) or an order under subsection (2) to a licence holder in respect of land which is owned by another licence holder who—

(a)is using it, or

(b)will, in the opinion of the Secretary of State, use it at some time in the period of five years beginning with the date on which he receives the request for the authorisation or order.

(4)A reference in subsection (3) to use of land by a licence holder is a reference to use for a purpose connected with the carrying out of the activities authorised by the licence.

(5)The following provisions of section 42 shall apply for the purposes of this section in relation to a licence holder as they apply for the purposes of that section in relation to the CAA

(a)in subsection (1), the words from “and the following enactments” to the end,

(b)subsection (3),

(c)subsection (5) (with the reference to acquisition for the purposes of the CAA’s undertaking being construed as a reference to acquisition in connection with the carrying out of the activities authorised by the licence), and

(d)subsection (6).]

Textual Amendments

F1S. 42A inserted (1.4.2001) by 2000 c. 38, s. 36, Sch. 4 para. 2 (with s. 106); S.I. 2001/869, art. 2

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