Local Government (Sanitary Services) Act, 1964

Notice of intention to acquire land compulsorily under section 6.

7.—(1) A sanitary authority intending to acquire any land compulsorily under section 6 of this Act shall—

(a) deposit in their offices a map or plan of the land and keep the map or plan open for inspection at reasonable times,

(b) publish a notice stating their intention to acquire the land compulsorily under this Act in a newspaper circulating in the district in which the land is situate,

(c) post a notice stating their intention to acquire the land compulsorily on or near the land, and

(d) give a copy of the notice referred to in paragraph (c) of this subsection to—

(i) every (if any) occupier of the land, and

(ii) every (if any) owner of the land, whose name and the address at which he ordinarily resides can be ascertained by the sanitary authority by reasonable inquiries.

(2) The notices referred to in subsection (1) of this section—

(a) shall be in such form as may be prescribed by the Minister by regulations under section 19 of this Act,

(b) shall, if they do not contain a map or plan of the land to which they refer, state that a map or plan of the land is deposited in the offices of the sanitary authority and is made available for inspection at reasonable times,

(c) shall state that an objection by any occupier or owner of the land to the acquisition of the land may be submitted to the sanitary authority, and

(d) shall state the time within which an objection aforesaid may be submitted to the sanitary authority.