100 Procedure for authorisation by authority other than a Minister

Authorisation of compulsory acquisition

100  Procedure for authorisation by authority other than a Minister

(1)     The Acquisition of Land Act 1981 (c 67) (the “1981 Act”) is amended as follows.

(2)     In section 6 (service of documents), in subsection (4)—

(a)     after “lessee” in each place there is inserted “, tenant”;

(b)     after ““lessee” there is inserted “, “tenant””.

(3)     In section 7 (interpretation), after subsection (2) there is added—

“(3)     But an instrument containing regulations made for the purposes of section 13A or paragraph 4A of Schedule 1 is subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament.”

(4)     In section 11 (notices in newspapers), after subsection (2) there is added—

“(3)     In addition, the acquiring authority shall affix a notice in the prescribed form to a conspicuous object or objects on or near the land comprised in the order.

(4)     The notice under subsection (3) must—

(a)     be addressed to persons occupying or having an interest in the land, and

(b)     set out each of the matters mentioned in subsection (2) (but reading the reference there to first publication of the notice as a reference to the day when the notice under

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