The River Colne Barrier (Wivenhoe) Order 1991

Application of Act of 1965

3.—(1) Part I of the Act of 1965, in so far as it is applicable for the purposes of this Order and is not inconsistent with the provisions thereof, shall apply to the compulsory purchase of land under this Order as it applies to a compulsory purchase to which the provisions of Part II of the Acquisition of Land Act 1981(1) apply and as if this Order were a compulsory purchase order under the said Act of 1981.

(2) The provisions of the Act of 1965, as so applied, shall have effect subject to the following exceptions and modifications–

(a) at the end of section 4 there shall be added the following proviso–

“Provided that such powers shall in relation to any of the land be deemed to have been exercised if before the expiration of the said three years' notice to treat has been served in respect of that land”;

(b) in section 11(1) for the words “fourteen days” there shall be substituted the words “one month's”;

(c) in section 11(3) for the words “not less than three nor more than fourteen days' notice” there shall be substituted the words “not less than seven days' notice in the case of the first entry and not less than twenty-four hours' notice in the case of a subsequent entry”;

(d) section 27 and paragraph 3(3) of Schedule 3 shall not apply.

(1)

1981 c. 67.