SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 5U.K. Acquisition of land

Part IIU.K. Procedure, compensation etc (England and Wales)

New rights: specific adaptations of 1965 ActU.K.

9(1)The provisions of that Act referred to in sub-paragraph (2) (being provisions stating the effect of a deed poll executed in various circumstances where there is no conveyance by persons with interests in the land) shall be modified in accordance with sub-paragraph (3).U.K.

(2)The provisions are—

section 9(4)(refusal by owners to convey),

  • Schedule 1, paragraph 10(3) (owners under incapacity),

  • Schedule 2, paragraph 2(3) (absent and untraced owners), and

  • Schedule 4, paragraphs 2(3) and 7(2) (common land).

(3)The provisions shall be so modified as to secure that, as against persons with interests in the land which are expressed to be overridden by the deed, the right which is to be compulsorily acquired is vested absolutely in the acquiring authority.