3. Deposit of Plan.-The plan referred to in the Schedule to the order must be deposited not later than the seventh day from the making of the order, and must be kept deposited not less than fourteen days from the date of the publication of the first advertisement. The plan must be deposited at a convenient place, must be open for inspection by persons interested or affected at all reasonable hours, without fee, and the local authority must arrange to provide any necessary explanation.

4. Advertisement.-The order must be advertised twice, in two successive weeks, in one or more of the local newspapers. The advertisements must be headed "First Advertisement" and "Second and Last Advertisement," respectively. The first advertisement must be published not later than the seventh day after the making of the Order. The advertisement must contain, in addition to a copy of the order, a notice stating that any objections must be sent to the Ministry of Health within fourteen days after the publication of the first advertisement, and a statement of the period, time and places during and at which the deposited plan may be inspected.

5. Objections. Before submitting the order to the Ministry for confirmation, the local authority must allow a period of fourteen days from the date of the first advertisement to elapse, during which objections may be made to the Ministry by persons interested.

6. Submission for Confirmation.-After making and advertising the order, depositing the plan, giving notice to the owners, lessees and occupiers, and allowing the period for the submission of objections to elapse, the local authority should forthwith submit the order to the Ministry for confirmation. The Ministry should be furnished with the following documents and particulars :

(a) The original order sealed by the Council, and a copy thereof. (b) A copy of each of the newspapers in which the advertisements were inserted.

(c) A definite statement that the plan was deposited for the period prescribed.

(d) A copy of the plan deposited.

(c) A definite statement that notice was given to the owners, lessees and occupiers.

(f) A copy of the notice and a statement showing the names of all the owners, lessees and occupiers and the manner and date of service in each case.

(g) A formal application by resolution of the Council or of the Housing Committee for the Ministry's confirmation of the order.

7. Confirmation.-For a period of two years from the 31st July, 1919, it will be within the discretion of the Ministry to determine whether a public inquiry shall be held into the proposals of the local

authority for the compulsory acquisition. If it is held, it will be held by a representative of the Ministry. The Ministry will not confirm an order, if they are of opinion that the land is unsuited for the purpose for which it is sought to be acquired.

8. Notice after confirmation.-Upon receipt of information that the Ministry have confirmed the order, the local authority must serve a copy of the compulsory order as confirmed on every owner, lessee and occupier as soon as practicable, and they should give notice to treat and inform the Ministry that this has been done.

9. Provision of copies.-The local authority must furnish a copy of the order free of charge to any person interested in the land who applies for one, and must furnish a copy of the plan to any such person for the reasonable cost of preparing the same.

10. Powers of entry after notice to treat has been given.-The local authority may enter on the land when an order has been made and confirmed, after giving fourteen days' notice to the owner and occupier, without awaiting the result of the assessment of compensation. A further memorandum will be issued shortly explaining the procedure under the Acquisition of Land Act.

Ministry of Health,

Whitehall, S.W.1.

September, 1919.

REGULATIONS OF MINISTRY OF HEALTH.

THE HOUSING ACTS (COMPULSORY PURCHASE)
REGULATIONS, 1919.

THE Minister of Health, in pursuance of the powers conferred on Him by the First Schedule to the Housing, Town Planning, etc., Act, 1909, and of all other powers enabling Him in that behalf, hereby makes the following Regulations:

ARTICLE I. These Regulations may be cited as Acts (Compulsory Purchase) Regulations, 1919.

"The Housing

ARTICLE II.-The Housing, etc. (Form of Compulsory Purchase Order, etc.) Order, 1911, made by the Local Government Board on the 14th day of June, 1911, is hereby revoked, except so far as it relates to any Compulsory Order made thereunder before the date of these Regulations.

ARTICLE III.—An Order made by a Local Authority under the First Schedule to the Housing, Town Planning etc., Act, 1909 (hereinafter referred to as "the Compulsory Order ") shall be in the Form set forth in the Schedule hereto, or in a Form substantially to the like effect.

ARTICLE IV. (1) Before submitting the Compulsory Order to the Minister of Health for confirmation, the Local Authority shall cause the same to be published by advertisement in two successive weeks in one or more of the local newspapers circulating in the District of the Local Authority and in the Parish or Parishes in which the land to which the Compulsory Order relates is situated.

(2) The advertisements shall be headed respectively "First Advertisement" and "Second and Last Advertisement, and the first of the said advertisements shall be published not later than the seventh day after the making of the Compulsory Order.

(3) Each of the said advertisements shall contain in addition to a copy of the Compulsory Order a notice setting out the following particulars :

(a) a statement that any objection to the Compulsory Order must be presented to the Minister of Health within the period of fourteen days from and after the date of the publication of the first advertisement; and

(b) a statement of the period, times, and place or places during and at which the deposited plan referred to in the Schedule to the Compulsory Order may be inspected by or on behalf of any person interested in the land to which the Compulsory Order relates.

(4) The plan referred to in the Schedule to the Compulsory Order shall be deposited by the Local Authority not later than the seventh day after the making of the Compulsory Order at a place convenient for the purposes of inspection, and shall be kept deposited thereat for a period not being less than fourteen days from the date of the publication of the first advertisement; and the said plan shall be open for inspection by any person interested or affected, without payment of any fee, at all reasonable hours on any weekday during the said period. The Local Authority shall also make suitable provision for affording to any such person inspecting the said plan any necessary explanation or information in regard thereto.

ARTICLE V.-(1) The Local Authority shall, not later than the seventh day after the making of the Compulsory Order, cause notice thereof to be given to every owner, lessee, and occupier of the land to which the Compulsory Order relates, and every such notice shall include a copy of the Compulsory Order, to which shall be appended a notice containing the particulars mentioned in paragraph (3) of Article IV. of these Regulations.

(2) The Local Authority shall furnish a copy of the Compulsory Order, free of charge, to any person interested in the land to which the Compulsory Order relates, upon his applying for the same.

ARTICLE VI. The period within which an objection to a Com. pulsory Order may be presented to the Minister of Health by a person interested in the land to which the Compulsory Order relates shall be the period of fourteen days from and after the date of the publication of the first advertisement of the Compulsory Order.

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ARTICLE VII. (1) The Local Authority shall as soon as practicable after the confirmation of the Compulsory Order cause copy of the Compulsory Order as confirmed to be served on every owner, lessee, and occupier of the land to which the Compulsory Order relates.

(2) A copy of the Compulsory Order as confirmed shall be furnished free of charge by the Local Authority to any person interested in the land authorised to be purchased upon his applying for the same, and a copy of any plan to which reference is made in the Compulsory Order as confirmed shall also be furnished by the Local Authority to any such person upon his applying for such copy and paying the reasonable cost of preparing the same.

Article VIII.-Every notice or other document which in pursuance of paragraph (1) of Article V. or of paragraph (1) of Article VII. of these Regulations is required to be given or served by the Local Authority to or on an owner, lessee, or occupier, shall be served:

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(a) by delivery of the same personally to the person required to be served, or, if such person is absent abroad or cannot be found, to his agent; or

(b) by leaving the same at the usual or last known place of abode of such person as aforesaid; or

(c) by post as a registered letter addressed to the usual or last known place of abode of such person; or

(d) in any case to which the three preceding paragraphs are inapplicable, by affixing the notice or other document upon some conspicuous part of the land to which the notice or document relates; or

(e) in the case of a notice required to be served on a local authority or corporate body or company, by delivering the same to their clerk or secretary or leaving the same at his office with some person employed there, or by post as a registered letter addressed to such clerk or secretary at his office.

ARTICLE IX.-Articles III. to VIII. of these Regulations shall not apply to any Compulsory Order made before the date hereof.

SCHEDULE.

THE HOUSING ACTS, 1890-1919.

ORDER FOR THE PURPOSE OF THE COMPULSORY ACQUISITION

The* Order :

OF LANDS.

hereby make the following

1. The provisions of the Lands Clauses Acts with respect to the purchase and taking of land otherwise than by agreement are, subject as hereinafter provided, hereby put in force as respects the purchase by the*

lands described in the Schedule hereto for thef

of the

2. The Lands Clauses Acts (except Section 127 of the Lands Clauses Consolidation Act, 1845), as modified, varied or amended by the First Schedule to the Housing, Town Planning, etc., Act, 1909, the Housing, Town Planning, etc., Act, 1919, and the Acquisition of Land (Assessment of Compensation) Act, 1919, and Sections 77 to 85 of the Railways Clauses Consolidation Act, 1845, are, subject to the necessary adaptations, incorporated with this Order, and the provisions of those Acts shall apply accordingly.

3. The sums agreed upon or awarded for the purchase of the lands described in the Schedule to this Order, being glebe land or

Here insert title of the Authority making the Order.

+ Here insert "purposes of Part III. of the Housing of the Working Classes Act, 1890," or 'purpose of [a town planning scheme] under the Town Planning Acts, 1909 and 1919," as the circumstances require. In the case of a town planning scheme, the name of the Authority who made the scheme and the date or short title of the scheme should be stated.

Insert this Article where the lands described in the Schedule to the Order include glebe land or other land belonging to an ecclesiastical benefice.