92Compulsory acquisition hearingsE+W+S
(1)This section applies where the application includes a request for an order granting development consent to authorise compulsory acquisition of land or of an interest in or right over land (a “compulsory acquisition request”).
(2)The Examining authority must fix, and cause each affected person to be informed of, the deadline by which an affected person must notify the [F1Secretary of State] that the person wishes a compulsory acquisition hearing to be held.
(3)If the [F1Secretary of State] receives notification from at least one affected person before the deadline, the Examining authority must cause a compulsory acquisition hearing to be held.
(4)At a compulsory acquisition hearing, the following are entitled (subject to the Examining authority's powers of control over the conduct of the hearing) to make oral representations about the compulsory acquisition request—
(a)the applicant;
(b)each affected person.
(5)A person is an “affected person” for the purposes of this section if the person's name has been given to the [F1Secretary of State] in a notice under section 59.
Textual Amendments
F1Words in s. 92 substituted (1.4.2012) by Localism Act 2011 (c. 20), s. 240(2), Sch. 13 para. 39; S.I. 2012/628, art. 7(a)
Commencement Information
I1S. 92 in force at 1.3.2010 by S.I. 2010/101, art. 3(d) (with art. 6)