Acquisition of Derelict Sites Act, 1940

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Application to annul preliminary order.

4.—(1) The occupier or any owner of land to which a preliminary order relates may, not later than twenty-eight days after the making of such order, apply to the Justice of the District Court having jurisdiction in the district court area in which such land is situate for the annulment of such order and,

(a) if on such application such justice is of opinion that no part of such land is a derelict site, he shall annul such order, or

(b) if on such application such justice is of opinion that part only of such land is a derelict site, he shall either annul such order or, with the consent of the sanitary authority by whom such order was made, amend such order by restricting its application to the part of such land which is in his opinion a derelict site.

(2) The justice by whom an application under this section relating to any land is heard may adjourn such application for any period not exceeding two months in order to enable the applicant to prevent such land from continuing to be a derelict site.