Local Government, Planning and Land Act 1980
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SCHEDULE 23 Land : Miscellaneous Amendments
Section 118. Part I Amendments of Acquisition of Land (Authorisation Procedure) Act 1946 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Part II Amendments of National Parks and Access to the Countryside Act 1949 2 (1) Subsection (4) of section 77 of the National Parks and Access to the Countryside Act 1949 (under which the power to acquire land for public access to the open country in a National Park is in certain circumstances exercisable by the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food) shall cease to have effect. (2) Accordingly, in subsections (5) of that section, for the words from the beginning to “be" there shall be substituted the words “ The Secretary of State ”. Part III Amendments of Town and Country Planning Act 1959 3 The following subsection shall be substituted for section 23(2) of the Town and Country Planning Act 1959:— (2) Before exercising any power of appropriation in relation to land which consists or forms part of open space, not being land which consists or forms part of a common or of a fuel or field garden allotment, an authority to whom this Part of this Act applies— (a) shall publish a notice of their intention to do so for at least two consecutive weeks in a newspaper circulating in their area; and (b) shall consider any objections to the proposed appropriation which may be made to them. . 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 The following subsection shall be substituted for subsection (2) of section 26 of that Act (disposal):— (2) Before disposing of any land which consists or forms part of an open space, not being land which consists or form a part of a common or of a fuel or field garden allotment, an authority to which this Part of this Act applies— (a) shall publish notice of their intention to do so for at least two consecutive weeks in a newspaper circultaing in their area; and (b) shall consider any objections to the proposed disposal which may be made to them. . 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8—11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Part V Amendments of Local Government Act 1972 12 (1) In section 122 of the Local Government Act 1972 (appropriation of land by principal councils) the words in subsection (2) following paragraph (b) shall cease to have effect. (2) The following subsections shall be inserted after that subsection:— (2A) A principal council may not appropriate under subsection (1) above any land consisting or forming part of an open space unless before appropriating the land they cause notice of their intention to do so, specifying the land in question, to be advertised in two consecutive weeks in a newspaper circulating in the area in which the land is situated, and consider any objections to the proposed appropriation which may be made to them. (2B) Where land appropriated by virtue of subsection (2A) above is held— (a) for the purposes of section 164 of the Public Health Act 1875 (pleasure grounds); or (b) in accordance with section 10 of the Open Space Act 1906 (duty of local authority to maintain open spaces and burial grounds), the land shall by virtue of the appropriation be freed from any trust arising solely by virtue of its being land held in trust for enjoyment by the public in accordance with the said section 164 or, as the case may be, the said section 10. . 13 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 The following subsections shall be inserted after subsection (2) of section 123 of that Act (disposal of land by principal councils):— (2A) A principal council may not dispose under subsection (1) above any land consisting or forming part of an open space unless before disposing of the land they cause notice of their intention to do so, specifying the land in question, to be advertised in two consecutive weeks in a newspaper circulating in the area in which the land is situated, and consider any objections to the proposed disposal which may be made to them. (2B) Where by virtue of subsection (2A) above a council dispose of land which is held— (a) for the purposes of section 164 of the Public Health Act 1875 (pleasure grounds); or (b) in accordance with section 10 of the Open Spaces Act 1906 (duty of local authority to maintain open spaces and burial grounds), the land shall by virtue of the disposal be freed from any trust arising solely by virtue of its being land held in trust for enjoyment by the public in accordance with the said section 164 or, as the case may be, the said section 10. . 15 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Section 123A of that Act (consent for disposals of land by principal councils) shall cease to have effect. 17 (1) In section 126 of that Act (appropriation of land by parish and community councils and by parish meetings) the words in subsection (4) following paragraph (b) shall cease to have effect. (2) The following subsections shall be inserted after that subsection:— (4A) Neither a parish or community council nor a parish meeting may appropriate by virtue of this section any land consisting or forming part of an open space unless before appropriating the land they cause notice of their intention to do so, specifying the land in question, to be advertised in two consecutive weeks in a newspaper circulating in the area in which the land is situated, and consider any objetions to the proposed appropriation which may be made to them. (4B) Where land is appropriated by virtue of subsection (4A) above is held— (a) for the purposes of section 164 of the Public Health Act 1875 (pleasure grounds); or (b) in accordance with section 10 of the Open Spaces Act 1906 (duty of local authority to maintain open spaces and burial grounds), the land shall by virtue of the appropriation be freed from any trust arising solely by virtue of its being land held in trust for enjoyment by the public in accordance with the said section 164 or, as the case may be, the said section 10. . 18 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 The following subsection shall be substituted for section 127(3) of that Act (which applies certain provisions of section 123 to disposals of land held by parishes and communities):— (3) Subsections (2A) and (2B) of section 123 above shall apply in relation to the disposal of land under this section as they apply inr elation to the disposal of land under that section, with the substitution of a reference to a parish or community council or the parish trustees of a parish for the reference to a principal council in the said subsection (2A). . 20 The following definition shall be inserted in section 270(1) of that Act after the definition of “1963 Act" :— “open space” has the meaning assigned to it by section 290(1) of the Town and Country Planning Act 1971 ; . Part VI Amendment of Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973 21 Section 74A of the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973 (no local authority in Scotland to dispose of certain interests in land without Secretary of State’s consent) shall cease to have effect.
SCHEDULE 23 Land : Miscellaneous Amendments
Section 118. Part I Amendments of Acquisition of Land (Authorisation Procedure) Act 1946 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Part II Amendments of National Parks and Access to the Countryside Act 1949 2 (1) Subsection (4) of section 77 of the National Parks and Access to the Countryside Act 1949 (under which the power to acquire land for public access to the open country in a National Park is in certain circumstances exercisable by the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food) shall cease to have effect. (2) Accordingly, in subsections (5) of that section, for the words from the beginning to “be" there shall be substituted the words “ The Secretary of State ”. Part III Amendments of Town and Country Planning Act 1959 3 The following subsection shall be substituted for section 23(2) of the Town and Country Planning Act 1959:— (2) Before exercising any power of appropriation in relation to land which consists or forms part of open space, not being land which consists or forms part of a common or of a fuel or field garden allotment, an authority to whom this Part of this Act applies— (a) shall publish a notice of their intention to do so for at least two consecutive weeks in a newspaper circulating in their area; and (b) shall consider any objections to the proposed appropriation which may be made to them. . 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 The following subsection shall be substituted for subsection (2) of section 26 of that Act (disposal):— (2) Before disposing of any land which consists or forms part of an open space, not being land which consists or form a part of a common or of a fuel or field garden allotment, an authority to which this Part of this Act applies— (a) shall publish notice of their intention to do so for at least two consecutive weeks in a newspaper circultaing in their area; and (b) shall consider any objections to the proposed disposal which may be made to them. . 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8—11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Part V Amendments of Local Government Act 1972 12 (1) In section 122 of the Local Government Act 1972 (appropriation of land by principal councils) the words in subsection (2) following paragraph (b) shall cease to have effect. (2) The following subsections shall be inserted after that subsection:— (2A) A principal council may not appropriate under subsection (1) above any land consisting or forming part of an open space unless before appropriating the land they cause notice of their intention to do so, specifying the land in question, to be advertised in two consecutive weeks in a newspaper circulating in the area in which the land is situated, and consider any objections to the proposed appropriation which may be made to them. (2B) Where land appropriated by virtue of subsection (2A) above is held— (a) for the purposes of section 164 of the Public Health Act 1875 (pleasure grounds); or (b) in accordance with section 10 of the Open Space Act 1906 (duty of local authority to maintain open spaces and burial grounds), the land shall by virtue of the appropriation be freed from any trust arising solely by virtue of its being land held in trust for enjoyment by the public in accordance with the said section 164 or, as the case may be, the said section 10. . 13 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 The following subsections shall be inserted after subsection (2) of section 123 of that Act (disposal of land by principal councils):— (2A) A principal council may not dispose under subsection (1) above any land consisting or forming part of an open space unless before disposing of the land they cause notice of their intention to do so, specifying the land in question, to be advertised in two consecutive weeks in a newspaper circulating in the area in which the land is situated, and consider any objections to the proposed disposal which may be made to them. (2B) Where by virtue of subsection (2A) above a council dispose of land which is held— (a) for the purposes of section 164 of the Public Health Act 1875 (pleasure grounds); or (b) in accordance with section 10 of the Open Spaces Act 1906 (duty of local authority to maintain open spaces and burial grounds), the land shall by virtue of the disposal be freed from any trust arising solely by virtue of its being land held in trust for enjoyment by the public in accordance with the said section 164 or, as the case may be, the said section 10. . 15 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Section 123A of that Act (consent for disposals of land by principal councils) shall cease to have effect. 17 (1) In section 126 of that Act (appropriation of land by parish and community councils and by parish meetings) the words in subsection (4) following paragraph (b) shall cease to have effect. (2) The following subsections shall be inserted after that subsection:— (4A) Neither a parish or community council nor a parish meeting may appropriate by virtue of this section any land consisting or forming part of an open space unless before appropriating the land they cause notice of their intention to do so, specifying the land in question, to be advertised in two consecutive weeks in a newspaper circulating in the area in which the land is situated, and consider any objetions to the proposed appropriation which may be made to them. (4B) Where land is appropriated by virtue of subsection (4A) above is held— (a) for the purposes of section 164 of the Public Health Act 1875 (pleasure grounds); or (b) in accordance with section 10 of the Open Spaces Act 1906 (duty of local authority to maintain open spaces and burial grounds), the land shall by virtue of the appropriation be freed from any trust arising solely by virtue of its being land held in trust for enjoyment by the public in accordance with the said section 164 or, as the case may be, the said section 10. . 18 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 The following subsection shall be substituted for section 127(3) of that Act (which applies certain provisions of section 123 to disposals of land held by parishes and communities):— (3) Subsections (2A) and (2B) of section 123 above shall apply in relation to the disposal of land under this section as they apply inr elation to the disposal of land under that section, with the substitution of a reference to a parish or community council or the parish trustees of a parish for the reference to a principal council in the said subsection (2A). . 20 The following definition shall be inserted in section 270(1) of that Act after the definition of “1963 Act" :— “open space” has the meaning assigned to it by section 290(1) of the Town and Country Planning Act 1971 ; . Part VI Amendment of Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973 21 Section 74A of the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973 (no local authority in Scotland to dispose of certain interests in land without Secretary of State’s consent) shall cease to have effect.
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