Acquisition of Derelict Sites Act, 1940

Preliminary orders.

3.—(1) A sanitary authority proposing to acquire any land compulsorily under this Act as a derelict site shall by order (in this Act referred to as a preliminary order) declare that they propose so to acquire such land.

(2) A preliminary order shall include a statement that the land to which it relates is, in the opinion of the sanitary authority making such order, a derelict site within the meaning of this Act, and also a statement that such sanitary authority will not proceed with the acquisition of such land under this Act if, before the expiration of twenty-eight days from the making of such order, such land ceases to be a derelict site within the meaning of this Act.

(3) Whenever a sanitary authority makes a preliminary order, such sanitary authority shall, within fourteen days after making such order—

(a) post a copy of such order on or near the land to which such order relates, and

(b) give a copy of such order to the occupier (if any) of such land and to every (if any) owner of such land whose existence and name and the address at which he ordinarily resides can be ascertained by such sanitary authority by reasonable inquiries, and

(c) publish a copy of such order in a newspaper circulating in the sanitary district of such sanitary authority.

(4) Where a preliminary order contains a map or plan of the land to which such order relates, such map or plan may be omitted from the copy of such order published in pursuance of paragraph (c) of the immediately preceding sub-section of this section, but a copy of such map or plan shall be deposited in the offices of the sanitary authority making such order and shall there be kept open for inspection at reasonable times and such publication shall contain a statement that such map or plan is deposited and kept open for inspection as aforesaid.