Greater Manchester (Light Rapid Transit System) (Land Acquisition) Order 1995
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | SI 1995/2383 |
| Year | 1995 |
1995 No. 2383
TRANSPORT AND WORKSTRANSPORT
The Greater Manchester (Light Rapid Transit System) (Land Acquisition) Order 1995
Made 5th September 1995
Coming into force 26th September 1995
The Secretary of State for Transport, on application made to him in accordance with the Transport and Works (Applications and Objections Procedure) Rules 19921(hereinafter referred to as “the Applications Rules”) made under section 6 of the Transport and Works Act 19922(herein after referred to as “the Act”) by Greater Manchester Passenger Transport Executive for an Order under section 1 of the Act, being satisfied in accordance with section 13(1) of the Act that its requirements in relation to any objections have been satisfied, and having determined to give effect to the proposals comprised in such application with modifications, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by sections 1 and 5 of the Act, and of all other powres enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following Order—
Citation and commencement
1. This Order may be cited as the Greater Manchester (Light Rapid Transit System) (Land Acquisition) Order 1995 and shall come into force on 26th September 1995.
Interpretation
2.—(1) In this Order, unless the context otherwise requires—
“the 1965 Act” means the Compulsory Purchase Act 19653;
“the 1990 Act” means the Greater Mancheser (Light Rapid Transit System) Act 19904
“authorised works” means the works authorised by the 1990 Act;
“the book of reference” means the book of reference described in rule 7(5) of the Applications Rules prepared in connection with the application for this Order;
“the Executive” means Greater Manchester Passenger Transport Executive;
“the land plan” means the plan described in rule 7(3) of the Applications Rules prepared in connection with the application for this Order and references to land shown on that plan are references to the land so shown in pursuance of that rule;
“the tribunal” means the Lands Tribunal.
(2) Where the book of reference or the land plan was or were revised before this Order was made, any reference to it or them in this Order is to the latest such version submitted to the Secretary of State.
(3) References in this Order to rights over land include references to rights to do, or to place and maintain, anything in or on land or in the air-space over its surface.
Power to acquire land
3. The Executive may acquire compulsorily so much of the land shown on the land plan and described in the book of reference as may be required for the purposes of the authorised works and may use any land so acquired for those purposes or for any other purposes connected with or ancillary to its undertaking.
Application of Part I of Compulsory Purchase Act 1965
4.—(1) Part I of the 1965 Act, insofar as not modified by or inconsistent with the provisions of this Order, shall apply to the acquisition of land under this Order–
(a)
(a) as it applies to a compulosry purchase to which the Acquisition of Land Act 19815applies, and
(b)
(b) as if this Order were a compulsory purchase order under that Act.
(2) Part I of the 1965 Act, as so applied, shall have effect as if—
(a)
(a) section 4 (whichprovides a time limit for compulsory purchase of land) and paragraph 3(3) of Schedule 3 (which makes provision as to the giving of bonds) were omitted, and
(b)
(b) in section 11(1) (which confers power to enter on and to take possession of land subject to a notice to treat on giving not...
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