Speeches by Francois.

“(2) The provisions are—”

“(a) section 197 (provisions as to churches and burial grounds);”

“(b) section 198 (use and development of land for open spaces);”

“(c) sections 224 to 227 (extinguishment of rights of way, and rights as to apparatus, of statutory undertakers).”

“Part 6”

“Compulsory purchase by Defence Housing Service: Northern Ireland”

“Local Government Act (Northern Ireland) 1972”

“43 (1) Schedule 6 to the Local Government Act (Northern Ireland) 1972 (c. 9 (N.I.)) applies to the compulsory acquisition of land by the Defence Housing Service by means of an order under section 343H(1A) of this Act as it applies to the acquisition of land by means of an order under section 97 of that Act, subject as …”

“(2) References to that Schedule are to be read as references to that Schedule as modified by this paragraph.”

“(3) References to the council which proposes to acquire land otherwise than by agreement are to be read as references to the Defence Housing Service.”

“(4) References to the Ministry concerned are to be read as references to the Secretary of State.”

“(5) Paragraph 5(1)(b) applies as if both references to the powers conferred by the Local Government Act (Northern Ireland) 1972 were to the powers conferred by section 343H(1A) of this Act.”

“(6) Paragraph 6(2) applies as if, for the words from ‘fund out of which’ to the end, there were substituted ‘funds of the Defence Housing Service (in this Schedule “the compensation fund”) and discharged by payments made by the Defence Housing Service’.”

“(7) Paragraph 12(2) applies as if, for ‘the clerk of the council’, there were substituted ‘such person as the Defence Housing Service may designate for the purposes of this Schedule’.”

“Enactments relating to the assessment of compensation”

“44 The enactments for the time being in force relating to the assessment of compensation in respect of land vested in a district council by an order made under Schedule 6 to the Local Government Act (Northern Ireland) 1972 apply, subject to any necessary modifications, in relation to land vested in the Defence Housing …”

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“Part 7”

“Compulsory purchase by Secretary of State: Northern Ireland”

“This amendment reflects amendments of the Domestic Abuse Act 2021 made by the Crime and Policing Act 2026.”