Acquisition of Land (Authorisation Procedure) (Scotland) Act 1947

1 Procedure for compulsory purchase of land by local authorities, and by the Minister of Transport, the Minister of Civil Aviation and the Secretary of State for certain purposes.

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3 Power to extinguish certain public rights of way over land acquired.

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5 Provisions as to inquiries and as to service of certain notices.

6 Application of s. 1 to local Acts.

6A Application for the purposes of the Opencast Coal Act 1958.

7 Interpretation.

8†Repeals and consequential and transitional provisions

9 Short title and extent.

First Schedule Procedure for Authorising Compulsory Purchases

Part I Purchases by Local Authorities

1A compulsory purchase order authorising a compulsory purchase by a...

2The compulsory purchase order shall be in the prescribed form...

3Before submitting the order to the confirming authority, the acquiring...

3AService of notice under head (ii) or (iii) of paragraph...

3BSubsections (6) and (7) of section 21 of the said...

4(1) If no objection is duly made by any such...

5The order as confirmed by the confirming authority shall not,...

6As soon as may be after the order has been...

6AParagraph 3A above applies in relation to service of a...

6BWhere a notice– (a) is required by paragraph 6 above...

6CIn paragraph 6B(a) above, the requirement to send a copy...

6DIn this Part, “ title condition ”, “ development management...

Part II Purchases by Ministers

7(1) A compulsory purchase order authorising a compulsory purchase by...

Part III Special Provisions as to Certain Descriptions of Land

8The following provisions of this Part of this Schedule shall...

9A compulsory purchase order shall, in so far as it...

10Where a compulsory purchase order has been submitted or prepared...

11(1) In so far as a compulsory purchase order authorises...

12 Procedure for Authorising Compulsory Purchases

13As soon as may be after the giving of a...

14In the case of land falling within two or more...

Part IV Validity and date of Operation of Compulsory Purchase Orders

15(1) If any person aggrieved by a compulsory purchase order...

16Subject to the provisions of the last foregoing paragraph a...

17This Part of this Schedule shall not apply to an...

18Anything required or authorised by this Schedule to be prescribed...

19(1) Any notice or other document required or authorised to...

SECOND SCHEDULE Incorporation of Enactments

Part I The Lands Clauses Acts and the Railways Clauses Consolidation (Scotland) Act 1845

1In relation to any compulsory purchase to which the provisions...

2The following sections of the Lands Clauses Consolidation (Scotland) Act,...

3(1) Where a local authority or Minister have been authorised...

4The following provisions shall have effect in substitution for the...

5Notices required to be served by the acquiring authority may,...

6(1) A compulsory purchase order may make provision for the...

Part II The Acquisition of Land (Assessment of Compensation) Act, 1919

7The arbiter shall not take into account any interest in...

Part III Purchases under Section 2

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FOURTH SCHEDULE Public local inquiries

1The Minister shall appoint a person to hold the inquiry...

2The person appointed to hold the inquiry shall notify any...

3The person appointed to hold the inquiry may, on the...

4The person appointed to hold the inquiry may administer oaths...

5Any person who refuses or wilfully neglects to attend in...

6Where the inquiry arises out of a proposed acquisition of...

7Any order by the Minister under paragraph 6 of this...

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Acquisition of Land (Authorisation Procedure) (Scotland) Act 1947

1947 CHAPTER 42 10 and 11 Geo 6

An Act to re-enact in the form in which they apply to Scotland the provisions of the Acquisition of Land (Authorisation Procedure) Act, 1946.

[31st July 1947]