Land Settlement (Scotland) Act 1919

30 Provisions as to land taken under the Defence of the Realm Regulations

(1) For removing doubts it is hereby declared that section one of the [6 & 7 Geo. 5. c. 63.] Defence of the Realm (Acquisition of Land) Act, 1916, applies to land of which possession has been taken by the Board under the powers conferred by regulations 2L and 2M of the Defence of the Realm Regulations, and that the Board are entitled whilst in possession, by themselves or by any person deriving title under them, of the land, after the termination of the present war, to exercise in relation thereto any of the powers conferred by those regulations for such term and subject to such conditions as are mentioned in the said Act.

(2) Where at the termination of the present war a local authority are exercising powers under the said Regulation 2L in respect of land of which the local authority are owners or occupiers, the local authority may continue to exercise those powers in relation to that land until the expiration of two years from the termination of the present war, and the provisions of paragraph (6) of the said regulation shall apply accordingly.