HC Deb 26 October 1960 vol 627 cc2314-5

[FORM referred to in STANDING ORDERS 13 and 61]

No.

Sir,

[Short title of Bill]

We beg to inform you that Application [has been] [is intended to be] made to Parliament in the [present] [ensuing] Session for leave to introduce this Bill.

We understand that your interest in the property mentioned in Part(s) I [& II] of the annexed Schedule is as stated. If the Bill passes into law, the property mentioned in Part I of the Schedule, or a right to use the same, will be liable to be acquired compulsorily under the powers of the Act [and the property mentioned in Part II of the annexed Schedule will be liable to the imposition of an improvement charge].

A Plan [and Section] relating to the purposes of the Bill, with a Book of Reference thereto, [was] [were] [will be on or before the 20th November next] deposited for public inspection with the [here insert the several Clerks of County Council, Town Clerks of County Boroughs, or principal Sheriff Clerks, as the case may be] of the counties or County Boroughs of [Specify the Counties or County Boroughs in which the property is situate]. A copy of so much of the said Plan [and Section] as relates to the [Parish or other area in accordance with the terms of Standing Order 36] in which the property in which you are interested is situate, with a Book of Reference thereto, [has been] [will be on or before the 20th November next] deposited for public inspection with the [Clerk, or other Officer mentioned in the said Order], on which Plan the said property is designated by the Number or Numbers in the annexed Schedule.

If the annexed Schedule contains any error or misdescription will you kindly inform us at your earliest convenience?

Copies of the Bill or the relevant parts thereof [have been] [will be on or before the 4th December next] deposited for public inspection and for sale at the [here insert the several officers at which deposits have been or are to be made in accordance with S.O. 4.A].

[We also beg to inform you that it is intended that the Act shall provide that, notwithstanding Section 92 of the Lands Clauses Consolidation Act, 1845 [or Section 90 of the Lands Clauses Consolidation (Scotland) Act, 1845], you may be required to sell and convey a part only of your property, numbered on the deposited Plan.]

[We also beg to inform you that it is intended that the Act shall exclude Section 92 of the Lands Clauses Consolidation Act, 1845, and shall substitute therefor a provision restricting the power of acquiring compulsorily a part only of a house, building or manufactory to cases where the part can be taken without material detriment to the house, building or manufactory and restricting the power of acquiring compulsorily a part only of a park or garden belonging to a house to cases where the part can be taken without seriously affecting the amenity or convenience of the house.]

Objection to the Bill may be made by depositing a Petition against it. The latest date for such deposit will normally be 6th February if the Bill originates in the House of Lords or 30th January if the Bill originates in the House of Commons, [but as the Bill is a late Bill the last date for lodging petitions against the Bill in the House in which it originates will normally be the tenth day after the Bill is read a first time in that House.

This date has not yet been ascertained, but it will not be before the If you require to be informed of this date, when it is ascertained, we shall be glad to inform you upon being requested in writing to do so.]

Copies of the Standing Orders of both Houses of Parliament relating to the time and mode of presenting Petitions in opposition to Bills are annexed hereto.

We are, Sir,

Your most obedient servants,

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Page 91, line 7, after "Property" insert "[rights to use]" and leave out "[or used]"