INFRASTRUCTURE PROTECTION
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(3) The application under subsection (2)(a) must be made in such form and manner, and be accompanied or supported by such information and documents, as the Minister may require.
(4) Before making a protected place order for any premises on the Minister’s own volition, the Minister must, unless the Minister considers it not practicable or desirable to do so in any particular case—
- (a) give notice of the Minister’s intention to do so to the owner or occupier of the premises that the Minister intends to designate as the authority of the protected place under section 15(1)(b); and
- (b) give that owner or occupier 14 days (or such longer or shorter time as the Minister may specify in the notice) after the date of the notice to make representations on the proposed protected place order.
(5) To avoid doubt, except as provided in this section, the Minister is not required to give any person notice of, or consult any person on, the Minister’s intention to make a protected place order.
Contents and effective date of protected place order
15.—(1) A protected place order—
- (a) must specify the protected place (whether in the form of a description (of its location or boundaries), map or other representation);
- (b) must designate one or more owners, or one or more occupiers, of the protected place to be the authority of the protected place;
- (c) may, for the purposes of sections 27 and 28, specify any surrounding area of the protected place (whether in the form of a description (of its location or boundaries), map or other representation); and
- (d) must specify the date on which the protected place order takes effect.
