Schedule 6 to the New Towns Act 1981 (modification of compulsory purchase legislation as applied for the purposes of the Act) is amended as follows.
In paragraph 4—
in sub-paragraph (1)—
in the words before paragraph (a), after "every owner of that land" insert ;" so far as known to the acquiring authority after making diligent inquiry in accordance with section 5(1) of the Compulsory Purchase Act 1965 "
in the words after paragraph (b), omit "(not being less than 14 days)";
after sub-paragraph (2) insert—2AThe period specified in a notice under sub-paragraph (1) must not end earlier than the end of the period of 3 months beginning with the day on which the notice is served unless—ait is a notice to which paragraph 4A(4) applies, orbit is a notice to which paragraph 13 of Schedule 2A to the Compulsory Purchase Act 1965 (as modified by paragraph 1(2)(g) above) applies.2BA notice under sub-paragraph (1) must explain the effect of paragraph 4B (counter-notice requiring possession to be taken on specified date) and give an address at which the acquiring authority may be served with a counter-notice.2CAn acquiring authority may extend the period specified in a notice under sub-paragraph (1) by agreement with each person on whom it was served.2DA reference in this Schedule to the period specified in a notice under sub-paragraph (1) is to the period as extended by any agreement under sub-paragraph (2C).
After paragraph 4 insert—