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Scottish Statutory Instruments
2011 No. 126
Transport
The Edinburgh Tram (Line One) Act 2006 (Extension of Time for Land Acquisition) Order 2011
Made
17th February 2011
Laid before the Scottish Parliament
21st February 2011
Coming into force
1st April 2011
The Scottish Ministers make the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by section 41 of the Edinburgh Tram (Line One) Act 2006(1) and all other powers enabling them to do so.
This Order is made on the application of the City of Edinburgh Council which is the authorised undertaker for the purposes of section 41.
Citation and commencement
1. This Order may be cited as the Edinburgh Tram (Line One) Act 2006 (Extension of Time for Land Acquisition) Order 2011 and comes into force on 1st April 2011.
Extension of time period in section 40(1) of the Edinburgh Tram (Line One) Act 2006
2. The period referred to in section 40(1) of the Edinburgh Tram (Line One) Act 2006 is extended until 7th May 2016.
KEITH BROWN
Authorised to sign by the Scottish Ministers
St Andrew's House,
Edinburgh
17th February 2011
EXPLANATORY NOTE
(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order is made under section 41 of the Edinburgh Tram (Line One) Act 2006 ("the Act") on the application of the City of Edinburgh Council as authorised undertaker for the purposes of sections 23, 24 and 41 of the Act.
Section 40(1) of the Act provides that the powers of the authorised undertaker for the compulsory acquisition of land under section 23 and for the compulsory acquisition of servitudes or other heritable or moveable rights over land under section 24 shall cease five years from the date on which the Act came into force. The Act came into force on 8th May 2006. This Order provides that the period for the exercise of the powers of the authorised undertaker under sections 23 and 24 of the Act is extended until 7th May 2016.
2006 asp 7.