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CROSSRAIL ACT 2008

COMPULSORY PURCHASE (VESTING DECLARATIONS) ACT 1981

TO: PERSONS HAVING A RELEVANT INTEREST IN THE LAND DESCRIBED IN THE SCHEDULE HERETO

  • 1 Notice is hereby given that the Crossrail Act 2008 (“the Crossrail Act”) received Royal Assent on the 22nd July 2008.
  • 2 Transport for London is authorised by order of the Secretary of State for Transport under Section 51 of the Crossrail Act to exercise powers under section 6(1) of the Crossrail Act to acquire compulsorily:-
    • a so much of the land shown on the deposited plans within the limits of deviation for the scheduled works as may be required for or in connection with the works authorised by the Crossrail Act or otherwise for or in connection with Crossrail, and
    • b so much of the land so shown within the limits of land to be acquired or used as may be so required.
  • 3 The “scheduled works” are those specified in Schedule 1 to the Crossrail Act, being:-
    • a works for the construction of an underground railway between, in the west, a tunnel portal at Royal Oak in the City of Westminster and, in the east, tunnel portals at Custom House and Pudding Mill Lane in the London Borough of Newham,
    • b works for the construction of other railways in the London Boroughs of Barking & Dagenham, Bexley, Ealing, Greenwich, Hammersmith and Fulham, Havering, Hillingdon, Newham, Redbridge and Tower Hamlets, the City of Westminster, the Royal Borough of Kensington & Chelsea, the District of Basildon and the Borough of Brentwood in the County of Essex, the Royal Borough of Windsor & Maidenhead and the Borough of Slough in the County of Berkshire and the District of South Bucks in the County of Buckinghamshire,
    • c works consequent on, or incidental to, the construction of the works mentioned in paragraph (a) or (b).

STATEMENT OF EFFECT OF PARTS II AND III OF THE COMPULSORY PURCHASE (VESTING DECLARATIONS) ACT 1981

POWER TO MAKE GENERAL VESTING DECLARATION

  • 1 Transport for London (hereinafter called the “Acquiring Authority”) may acquire any of the land described in the Schedule hereto by making a general vesting declaration under section 4 of the Compulsory Purchase (Vesting Declarations) Act 1981 as modified by Part 2 of Schedule 6 to the Crossrail Act. This has the effect, subject to paragraph 4 below, of vesting the land in the Acquiring Authority at the end of the period mentioned in paragraph 2 below. A declaration may not be made before the end of a period of two months from the first publication of a notice which includes this statement except with the consent in writing of every occupier of the land affected.

NOTICES CONCERNING GENERAL VESTING DECLARATION

  • 2 As soon as may be after the Acquiring Authority makes a general vesting declaration, the Acquiring Authority must serve notice of it on every occupier of any of the land specified in the declaration (except land where there is one of the tenancies described in paragraph 3) and on every person who gives the Acquiring Authority information relating to the land in pursuance of the invitation contained in any notice. When the service of notices of the general vesting declaration is completed, a further period begins to run. This period, which must not be less than 28 days, will be specified in the declaration. On the first day after the end of this period (“the vesting date”) the land described in the declaration will, subject to what is said in paragraph 4, vest in the Acquiring Authority together with the right to enter on the land and take possession of it. Every person on whom the Acquiring Authority could have served a notice to treat in respect of his interest in the land (other than a tenant under one of the tenancies described in paragraph 3) will be entitled to claim compensation for the acquisition of his interest in the land, with interest on the compensation from the vesting date.

MODIFICATIONS WITH RESPECT TO CERTAIN TENANCIES

  • 3 In the case of certain tenancies, the position stated above is subject to modifications. The modifications apply where the tenancy is either a “minor tenancy”, i.e. a tenancy for a year or a yearly tenancy or a lesser interest, or “a long tenancy which is about to expire”. The latter expression means a tenancy granted for an interest greater than a minor tenancy but having on the vesting date a period still to run which is not more than the period specified in the declaration for this purpose (which must be more than a year). In calculating how long a tenancy has still to run, where any option to renew or to terminate it is available to either party, it shall be assumed that the landlord will take every opportunity open to him to terminate the tenancy while the tenant will use every opportunity to retain or renew his interest.
  • 4 The modifications are that the Acquiring Authority may not exercise the right of entry referred to in paragraph 2 in respect of land subject to a tenancy described in paragraph 3 unless the Acquiring Authority first serves notice to treat in respect of the tenancy and then serves every occupier of the land with a notice of intention to enter and take possession after the period (not less than 14 days from the service of the notice) specified in the notice. The right of entry will be exercisable at the end of that period. The vesting of the land will be subject to the tenancy until the end of that period or until the tenancy comes to an end, whichever happens first.

Dated 15 February 2011

Mark Fell

Legal Services Director & Company Secretary

Crossrail Limited

for and on behalf of Transport for London

Schedule

London Borough of Newham

Description

404.9 square metres, or thereabouts, of land including waste ground situated to the south of Victoria Dock Road.

PROVISION OF INFORMATION

Every person who, if a general vesting declaration were made in respect of all the land authorised to be acquired by the Acquiring Authority pursuant to the Crossrail Act (other than land in respect of which notice to treat has been given), would be entitled to claim compensation in respect of any such land, is invited to give information to the Acquiring Authority in the prescribed form with respect to his name and address and the land in question. The relevant prescribed form is set out below.

FORM FOR GIVING INFORMATION

To: The Property Acquisition Manager

Crossrail Limited

25 Canada Square

Canary Wharf

LONDON E14 5LQ

I/We being a person/persons who, if a general vesting declaration were made under section 4 of the Compulsory Purchase (Vesting Declarations) Act 1981 in respect of all of the land comprised in the compulsory purchase order cited above in respect of which notice to treat has not been given, would be entitled to claim compensation in respect of all/part of that land, give you the following information, pursuant to the provisions of section 3 of that Act.

  • 1 NAME AND ADDRESS OF INFORMANT(S) 1

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  • 2 LAND IN WHICH AN INTEREST IS HELD BY INFORMANT(S) 2

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  • 3 NATURE OF INTEREST 3

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Signed ………………………………………………………………….

(on behalf of……………………………………………………………)

Date  ………………………………………………………………....

COT-01

1 In the case of a joint interest, insert the names and addresses of all of the informants.

2 The land should be described concisely.

3 If the interest is leasehold, the date of commencement and length of term should be given. If the land is subject to a mortgage or other encumbrance, details should be given (e.g. name of building society and roll number).