Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act, 1931
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Power of entry on lands proposed to be acquired. |
41.—(1) Where a local authority are by a compulsory purchase order made and confirmed under Part II of this Act or Part III of the Act of 1890 as amended by any subsequent enactment; including this Act authorised to purchase land compulsorily for the purposes of such Part the local authority may at any time after such order has become operative on giving not less than fourteen days' notice in writing to the owner and occupier of the land enter on and take possession of the land or of such part thereof as may be specified in the notice without previous consent or compliance with the provisions of the Lands Clauses Acts as amended by the Housing of the Working Classes Acts relating to entry on lands and upon the service of any such notice the local authority shall be deemed to have signified their intention of purchasing the land and shall be liable to the payment of the like compensation as if the said provisions of the Lands Clauses Acts had been complied with and to payment of interest upon such compensation as from the time of such entry. | |
(2) Where a local authority have agreed to purchase land for the purposes of Part II of this Act or Part III of the Act of 1890, as amended by any subsequent enactment, including this Act, or have determined to appropriate land for either of those purposes, subject to the interest of the person in possession thereof, and that interest is not greater than that of a tenant for a year or from year to year then, at any time after such agreement has been made, or such appropriation has been approved by the Minister, the local authority may, after giving to the person so in possession twenty-one days' notice in writing, enter on and take possession of the land or such part thereof as is specified in the notice without previous consent, but subject to the payment to the person so in possession of the like compensation, with such interest thereon as aforesaid, as if the local authority had been authorised to purchase the land compulsorily and such person had in pursuance of such power been required to quit possession before the expiration of his term or interest in the land, but without the necessity of compliance with the provisions of the Lands Clauses Acts as amended by the Housing of the Working Classes Acts relating to entry on lands. |