SCHEDULE 9 Action Following Service of Purchase Notice

SCHEDULE 9 Action Following Service of Purchase Notice

(introduced by section 112)

Response to purchase notice by planning authority

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(1)     Where a person has served a purchase notice on a planning authority, the authority must serve an acceptance notice or rejection notice on the person.

(2)     An acceptance notice is a notice stating either—

(a)     that the planning authority is willing to comply with the purchase notice, or

(b)     that another local authority or statutory undertaker specified in the acceptance notice has agreed to comply with the purchase notice.

(3)     A rejection notice is a notice stating—

(a)     that for reasons specified in the notice, the planning authority is not willing to comply with the purchase notice and has not found any other local authority or statutory undertaker willing to comply with it, and

(b)     that the planning authority has sent copies of the purchase notice and rejection notice to the Welsh Ministers.

(4)     An acceptance notice or rejection notice must be served before the end of 3 months beginning with the day the purchase notice was served.

(5)     Where the planning authority serves an acceptance notice on a person, that authority or (in

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