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Notice of intention to acquire protected structure compulsorily.
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23.—(1) A planning authority intending to acquire any protected structure compulsorily under this Act shall—
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(a) publish in one or more newspapers circulating in its functional area a notice—
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(i) stating its intention to acquire the protected structure compulsorily under this Act,
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(ii) describing the structure to which the notice relates,
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(iii) naming the place where a map showing the location of the protected structure is deposited and the times during which it may be inspected, and
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(iv) specifying the time within which (not being less than one month) and the manner in which objections to the acquisition of the structure may be made to the planning authority,
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and
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(b) serve on every owner, lessee and occupier (except tenants for one month or a period less than one month) of the structure a notice which complies with paragraph (a).
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(2) In this section, “owner”, in relation to a protected structure, means—
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(a) a person, other than a mortgage not in possession, who is for the time being entitled to dispose (whether in possession or reversion) of the fee simple of the protected structure, and
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(b) a person who, under a lease or agreement the unexpired term of which exceeds 5 years, holds or is entitled to the rents or profits of the protected structure.
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