[F115A Compulsory purchase of land: British Waterways Board F2...U.K.
(1)Section 15 of this Act does not apply to the compulsory purchase of land F3... by the British Waterways Board.
(2)The Scottish Ministers may authorise the British Waterways Board (in this section “the Board”) to purchase compulsorily any land in Scotland which the Board require for the purposes of their business there, and the Acquisition of Land (Authorisation Procedure) (Scotland) Act 1947 shall apply as if the Board were a local authority within the meaning of that Act.
(3)Subsection (2) does not authorise the Board to purchase compulsorily land which they have power to acquire by agreement under section 11(4) of this Act.
(4)The Scottish Ministers shall not under this section authorise the Board to purchase land for the purpose of constructing a pipe-line if the construction of the pipe-line requires their consent under [F4section 12(3)] of this Act.
(5)The power of purchasing land compulsorily in this section includes power to acquire a servitude or other right over land by the creation of a new right; but this subsection does not apply to a servitude or other right over any land which would, for the purposes of the Acquisition of Land (Authorisation Procedure) (Scotland) Act 1947 form part of a common or open space.]
Textual Amendments
F1S. 15A inserted (1.4.2001) by S.I. 2000/3251, arts. 1(2)(b), 2, Sch. 2 para. 2(9) (with transitional provisions and savings in art. 4)
F2Words in heading to s. 15A omitted (2.7.2012) by virtue of The British Waterways Board (Transfer of Functions) Order 2012 (S.I. 2012/1659), art. 1(2), Sch. 2 para. 8(2) (with arts. 4-6)
F3Words in s. 15A(1) omitted (2.7.2012) by virtue of The British Waterways Board (Transfer of Functions) Order 2012 (S.I. 2012/1659), art. 1(2), Sch. 2 para. 8(3) (with arts. 4-6)
F4Words in s. 15A(4) substituted (2.7.2012) by The British Waterways Board (Transfer of Functions) Order 2012 (S.I. 2012/1659), art. 1(2), Sch. 2 para. 8(4) (with arts. 4-6)