PART 3ACQUISITION AND POSSESSION OF LAND

Powers of acquisition

Application of Part I of the Compulsory Purchase Act 196514

1

Part I of the 1965 Act, insofar as not modified by or inconsistent with the provisions of this Order, shall apply to the acquisition of land under this Order—

a

as it applies to a compulsory purchase to which the Acquisition of Land Act 198113 applies, and

b

as if this Order were a compulsory purchase order under that Act.

2

Part I of the 1965 Act, as so applied, shall have effect as if—

a

section 4 (which provides a time limit for compulsory purchase of land) and paragraph 3(3) of Schedule 3 (which makes provision as to the giving of bonds) were omitted, and

b

in section 11(1) (which confers power to enter, on and to take possession of land subject to a notice to treat on giving not less than 14 days' notice) for the reference to 14 days' notice there were substituted a reference to notice of 3 months.