1.—(1) The title of these Regulations is the Compulsory Purchase of Land (Prescribed Forms) (National Assembly for Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2017 and come into force on 6 April 2017.
(2) The amendments made by regulation 2 apply in relation to a compulsory purchase order which is made or is subject to confirmation by the Welsh Ministers on or after 6 April 2017.
2.—(1) The Compulsory Purchase of Land (Prescribed Forms) (National Assembly for Wales) Regulations 2004(1) are amended as follows.
(2) In regulation 3 (prescribed forms in connection with compulsory purchase orders)—
(a)after paragraph (4) insert—
“(4A) For the purposes of section 15(4)(e) of, and paragraph 6(4)(e) of Schedule 1 to, the Act, the form of the statement about the effect of Parts 2 and 3 of the Compulsory Purchase (Vesting Declarations) Act 1981(2) which must be used is Part 1 of Form 9A.
(4B) For the purposes of section 15(4)(f) of, and paragraph 6(4)(f) of Schedule 1 to, the Act, the form for giving information to the authority which must be used is Part 2 of Form 9A.”;
(b)in paragraph (5) for “section 15” substitute “section 15(5)” and for “paragraph 6” substitute “paragraph 6(5)”.
(3) In the Schedule—
(a)in the contents, after the entry for Form 9, insert—
| “Form 9A | Form of statement of effect of Parts 2 and 3 of the Compulsory Purchase (Vesting Declarations) Act 1981 and for giving information to the authority”; |
(b)after Form 9, insert the form in Part 1 of the Schedule to these Regulations;
(c)for Form 10, substitute the form in Part 2 of the Schedule to these Regulations;
(d)for Form 11, substitute the form in Part 3 of the Schedule to these Regulations.
Lesley Griffiths
Cabinet Secretary for Environment and Rural Affairs, one of the Welsh Ministers
8 March 2017