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Mode of obtaining sanction of Parliament for powers.
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4. One month at least before making any application to Parliament for their sanction to the compulsory purchase of land under this Act the said Secretary of State shall serve, in manner provided by the said Lands Clauses Consolidation Acts, a notice on every owner or reputed owner, lessee or reputed lessee, and occupier of any land intended to be so purchased, describing the land intended to be taken, and in general terms the purposes to which it is to be applied, and stating the intention of the said Secretary of State to obtain the sanction of Parliament to the purchase thereof, and inquiring whether the person so served assents or dissents to the taking of his land, and requesting him to forward to the Secretary of State any objections he may have to his land being taken. The said Secretary of State shall also, at some time after the service of such notice, make a local inquiry by a competent officer into the objections made by any persons whose land is required to be taken, and by other persons, if any, interested in the subject matter of such inquiry; but if after such inquiry has been made the said Secretary of State is satisfied that the land ought to be taken, he may submit a Bill to Parliament containing provisions authorising him to take such land, and such Bill shall be deemed to be a public Bill, and, if passed into an Act, to have conveyed to the said Secretary of State the sanction of Parliament to purchase the land therein mentioned or referred to.
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