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Generating station at Hunterston

AuthorSecretary of State
DateJuly 1957
Classification 2.05.9.90/05 (UNITED KINGDOM - OTHER FACILITIES)
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GENERATING STATION AT HUNTERSTON
The Secretary of State-

(a) in exercise of the powers conferred on him by the Sixth Schedule to the Hydro-
Electric Development (Scotland) Act, 1943, as applied by section 66 of the Electricity 
Act, 1947, HEREBY APPOINTS Harald Robert Leslie, M.B.E., T.D., Q.C., 8, Moray 
Place, Edinburgh, to hold an Inquiry into the application by the South of Scotland
Electricity Board for the consent of the Secretary of State under section 2 of the 
Electric Lighting Act, 1909, as amended, to the construction of a nuclear generating 
station mainly on Hunterston Estate, and on other lands, all in the Parish of West 
Kilbride in the County of Ayr ;

(b) in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 50 of the Town and 
Country Planning (Scotland) Act, 1945, as incorporated with the Town and Country 
Planning (Scotland) Act, 1947, by virtue of the provisions of section 100 of the said 
Act of 1947, HEREBY APPOINTS the said Harald Robert Leslie to hold a Local 
Inquiry into the applications by the said South of Scotland Electricity Board for 
planning permission for the construction of the said nuclear generating station, on 
the above-mentioned site and for access thereto, the said applications having been 
referred to the Secretary of State by direction under section 13 of the said Act of 
1947;

(c) in exercise of the powers conferred on him by paragraph 1 of the Fourth
Schedule to the Acquisition of Land (Authorisation Procedure) (Scotland) Act, 1947, 
HEREBY APPOINTS the said Harald Robert Leslie to hold a Public Local Inquiry in 
connection with the South of Scotland Electricity Board (Hunterston) Compulsory 
Purchase Order, 1956, against which Order objections have been lodged with the 
Secretary of State and have not been withdrawn :

(d) HEREBY APPOINTS the said Harald Robert Leslie to report on the said
Inquiries to the Secretary of State.

(Signed) C. C. CUNNINGHAM, Secretary.

Scottish Home Department,
St. Andrew's House,
6th May, 1957.

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