S17.2 General Vesting Declaration (GVD)

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An alternative and increasingly common method of compulsory acquisition is by recording a General Vesting Declaration. A Compulsory Purchase Order (CPO) is first prepared by the acquiring authority, but there is no statutory requirement that it be recorded. A GVD is then drawn up and recorded. Unlike the description in a CPO, which lists the individual properties being purchased and the owners of these properties, the description in a GVD is usually a composite one, which describes only the whole area comprising the separate properties.

Example Minute:

AYR (CSS 132324) 02492 (No.1) 16 Sep. 2010
GENERAL VESTING DECLARATION by SCOTTISH MINISTERS that, in exercise of the authorisation given by the A77 Trunk Road (Park End to Bennane Improvement) Compulsory Purchase Order 2008 (recorded 13 Aug. 2008), on 21 May 2010 there shall vest in said SCOTTISH MINISTERS, - land and servitude rights in County of AYR numbered plots 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107, 108, 109, 110, 111, 112, 113, 114, 115, 116, 117, 118, 119, 120, 121, 122, 123, 124, 201, 202, 203, 204, 205, 206, 207, 208, 209, 210, 211, 212, 213, 214, 215, 216, 217, 218, 219, 220, 221, 222, 223, 224 and 225, referred to in Schedule to said Compulsory Purchase Order 2008, recorded in Register of Sasines and registered in Land Register both on 13 Aug. 2008 and delineated red and coloured pink and blue on map subscribed with reference to said CPO, part of subjects registered under Title Numbers AYR65620, AYR53395, AYR9029, AYR7947, AYR72207. Dated 16 Apr. 2010.
- A77, PARK END to BENNANE.
- Plan in 2 sheets.
- see AYR90254.

However, it should be noted that a GVD generally induces registration in the Land Register.

 

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