HC Deb 18 October 1944 vol 403 cc2474-5

4.27 p.m.

Amendment made: In page 54, line 40, leave out "Department," and insert "Minister."—[The Solicitor-General.]

The Solicitor-General

I beg to move, in page 55, line 4, at end, insert: 'first local advertisement' means in relation to the publication of a notice as respects any land, the first publication of the notice in a newspaper circulating in the locality where the land is situated, and includes, in relation to a notice so published once only, the publication thereof;". This is an addition to the Interpretation Clause, and is consequential on a series of Amendments providing for a minimum period of 28 days in which objection may be made in respect of an advertisement of a Clause 1 Order, of a compulsory purchase Order. The definition is necessary because the dates of publication of the "London Gazette" and various local newspapers may not be the same.

Amendment agreed to.