Title, commencement and application

1.-(1) The title of these Regulations is the Compulsory Purchase of Land (Vesting Declarations) (Wales) Regulations 2017 and they come into force on 6 April 2017.

(2) These Regulations apply in relation to the compulsory purchase of land in Wales.

Interpretation

2.-(1) In these Regulations-

"the Act" ("y Ddeddf") means the Compulsory Purchase (Vesting Declarations) Act 1981;

"relevant order" ("gorchymyn perthnasol") means an order which provides that the Act is to apply to the compulsory purchase of land which it authorises as if the order were a compulsory purchase order; and

"special enactment" ("deddfiad arbennig") means-

(2) For the purposes of these Regulations, a compulsory purchase is authorised-

(a)by a compulsory purchase order, on the day on which the order is confirmed by a Minister or the Welsh Ministers or another authority, or made by a Minister or the Welsh Ministers;

(b)by an order under section 1 or 3 of the Transport and Works Act 1992(4), on the day on which the Secretary of State or the Welsh Ministers determine under section 13(1) of that Act to make the order;

(c)by a harbour revision order, a harbour empowerment order or a harbour closure order under the Harbours Act 1964(5), on the day on which the order is made by the appropriate Minster(6) or the Welsh Ministers or a person who is designated in an order made under section 42A(7) of that Act;

(d)by any other relevant order, on the day on which the order is made by a Minister or the Welsh Ministers; or

(e)by a special enactment(8), on the day on which the special enactment is enacted.

Prescribed forms in connection with general vesting declarations

3.-(1) In relation to a compulsory purchase of land which is authorised on or after 6 April 2017-

(a)for the purposes of section 4(1) of the Act, the prescribed form of general vesting declaration is Form 1;

(b)for the purposes of section 6(1) of the Act, the prescribed form of notice specifying the land and stating the effect of a general vesting declaration is Form 2.

(2) The references in this regulation to a numbered form are references to the form bearing that number in the Schedule or to a form substantially to the same effect as that form.

Revocation and saving

4.-(1) Subject to paragraph (2), the Compulsory Purchase of Land (Vesting Declarations) Regulations 1990(9) are revoked in relation to Wales.

(2) The Regulations mentioned in paragraph (1) continue to have effect in relation to a compulsory purchase of land which is authorised before 6 April 2017.

SCHEDULE 1

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations prescribe forms for the purposes of the Compulsory Purchase (Vesting Declarations) Act 1981 (c. 66) ("the 1981 Act") and come into force on 6 April 2017. They apply to the compulsory purchase of land in Wales.

The prescribed forms reflect the changes to the general vesting declaration procedure made by Part 7 of the Housing and Planning Act 2016 (c. 22).

Regulation 3(1)(a) provides that, for the purposes of section 4(1) of the 1981 Act, the form of a general vesting declaration is Form 1 in the Schedule to these Regulations (or a form substantially to the same effect).

Regulation 3(1)(b) provides that, for the purposes of section 6(1) of the 1981 Act, the form of notice specifying the land and stating the effect of a general vesting declaration is Form 2 in the Schedule to these Regulations (or a form substantially to the same effect).

Regulation 4 revokes with saving the Compulsory Purchase of Land (Vesting Declarations) Regulations 1990 (S.I. 1990/497) in Wales.

An impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as no impact on the private or voluntary sectors is foreseen.