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Part 5Compulsory purchase
107Confirmation by acquiring authority: orders with modifications
(1)
Section 14A of the Acquisition of Land Act 1981 (confirmation by acquiring authority) is amended as follows.
(2)
“—
(i)
without modification, or
(ii)
with only such modifications as are specified by the confirming authority in the notice.”
(3)
“(4A)
A confirming authority may specify a modification only if—
(a)
it modifies the order so as to add an additional interest in land, and the confirming authority is satisfied that the interest holder consents to the proposed modification,
(b)
it modifies the order so as to remove an interest in any land to which the order applies,
(c)
it modifies the order so as to remove part of an interest in any land to which the order applies, and the confirming authority is satisfied that the interest holder consents to the proposed modification, or
(d)
it modifies the order in such a way that no interests in land are affected.”
(4)
In subsection (5)—
(a)
in paragraph (a), for “or” substitute “other than those specified in the notice,”
;
(b)
“, or
(c)
in a case where the notice specifies modifications, to confirm the order without those modifications.”
(5)
“(6A)
In a case where the acquiring authority has determined to confirm an order with modifications, it must, at the same time as notifying the confirming authority under subsection (6)—
(a)
provide the confirming authority with a copy of the order as modified, and
(b)
certify that the only modifications are those specified by the confirming authority.”