Section 12: Notices to owners, lessees , occupiers and others.

Acquisition of Land Act 1981 · 1981 c. 67View on legislation.gov.uk

Part II: Purchases By Local And Other Authorities

The acquiring authority shall serve on every qualifying person a notice in the prescribed form—

stating the effect of the order,
stating that it is about to be submitted for confirmation, and
(subject to section 11(2A)) naming a place within the locality where a copy of the order and of the map referred to in it may be inspected,
specifying a website on which those copies may be viewed, and
specifying the time (not being less than twenty-one days from service of the notice) within which, and the manner in which, objections to the order can be made.
specifying the final day for making objections to the order, and the manner in which objections can be made.

A person is a qualifying person, in relation to land comprised in an order, if—

he is an owner, lessee, tenant (whatever the tenancy period) or occupier of the land, ...
he falls within subsection (2A) , or
the person is entitled to the benefit of an obligation under a conservation covenant (within the meaning of Part 7 of the Environment Act 2021) relating to the land.

A person falls within this subsection if he is—

a person to whom the acquiring authority would, if proceeding under section 5(1) of the Compulsory Purchase Act 1965, be required to give a notice to treat, or
a person the acquiring authority thinks is likely to be entitled to make a relevant claim if the order is confirmed and the compulsory purchase takes place, so far as he is known to the acquiring authority after making diligent inquiry.

A relevant claim is a claim for compensation under section 10 of the Compulsory Purchase Act 1965 (compensation for injurious affection).

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