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LAND ACQUISITION AND COMPENSATION (NORTHERN



27.(1) Subject to the provisions of this Article, a responsible authority may
acquire land by agreement for the purpose of mitigating the adverse effect
which the existence or use of any public works will have on the surroundings
of the works.

(2) Subject to the provisions of this Article, a responsible authority may
acquire by agreement

(a)land the enjoyment of which is seriously affected by the carrying out of
works by the authority for the construction or alteration of any public works;

(b)land the enjoyment of which is seriously affected by the use of any public
works,

(3) The powers conferred by paragraph 2(b) shall not be exercisable unless the
date on which the public works or, as the case may be, the altered public
works, are first used falls on or after 17th October 1971 and the powers
conferred by paragraphs (1) and (2)(a) shall not be exercisable unless that
date falls on or after 17th October 1972, and

(a)if that date falls not later than one year after the coming into operation
of this Part

(i)the powers conferred by paragraphs (1) and (2)(b) shall not be exercisable
unless the acquisition is begun before the end of one year after the coming
into operation of this Part or one year after that date, whichever ends later;

(ii)the powers conferred by paragraph (2)(a) shall not be exercisable unless
the acquisition is begun before the end of one year after the coming into
operation of this Part;

(b)if that date falls more than one year after the coming into operation of
this Part

(i)the powers mentioned in sub-paragraph (a)(i) shall not be exercisable
unless the acquisition is begun before the end of one year after that date;

(ii)the powers mentioned in sub-paragraph (a)(ii) shall not be exercisable
unless the acquisition is begun before that date.

(4) For the purposes of paragraph (3) the acquisition of any land shall be
treated as begun when the agreement for its acquisition is made.

(5) This Article applies only where the responsible authority have statutory
powers to acquire land (whether compulsorily or by agreement) for the purposes
of their functions but would not, apart from this Article, have power to
acquire land as mentioned in paragraphs (1) and (2).

(6) In this Article "public works" and "responsible authority" have the same
meaning as in Article 4 except that "public works" does not include a road or
any works forming part of the works of a statutory undertaker as defined in
Article 2(2) of the Planning (Northern Ireland) Order 1972, not being the Post
Office or a person authorised to carry on a transport undertaking.

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LAND ACQUISITION AND COMPENSATION (NORTHERN