Derelict Sites Act, 1961

Notice of intention to acquire derelict site compulsorily.

7.—(1) A local authority intending to acquire any land compulsorily under this Act as a derelict site 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,

(c) in case all the land comprised in the derelict site is in the same ownership, post a notice stating their intention to acquire the land compulsorily on or near the land, and, in any other case, post such notice on or near the land of each owner, 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 local authority by reasonable inquiries.

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

(a) shall be in the prescribed form,

(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 local 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 local authority, and

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