Part 7: Compulsory Purchase Etc Disputes Part 1 - Amendments to Compulsory Purchase (Vesting Declarations) Act 1981
Schedule 18 makes similar provision to Schedule 17 for counter-notices following the making of a general vesting declaration. This is achieved principally through the insertion of a new Schedule A1 to the Compulsory Purchase (Vesting Declarations) Act 1981 to replace Part 1 of the existing Schedule 1 to that Act.
	Where the acquiring authority refers the counter-notice to the Upper Tribunal and the counter-notice was served before the original vesting date, paragraph 12(2) of new Schedule A1 allows the authority to serve notice on the owner specifying a new vesting date for the land proposed to be acquired. This allows for the vesting of the land the authority is authorised to take before the Upper Tribunal has made a determination.