Local Government (Scotland) Act 1947

158 Application of Lands Clauses Acts and other enactments to acquisition of land by agreement.

Where under this Part of this Act a local authority are authorised to acquire land by agreement, the Lands Clauses Acts except—

(a) the provisions relating to the acquisition of land otherwise than by agreement;

(b) sections one hundred and twenty to one hundred and twenty-five of the [8 & 9 Vict. c. 19.] Lands Clauses Consolidation (Scotland) Act, 1845 (which relate to the sale of superfluous land); and

(c) sections one hundred and forty-two and one hundred and forty-three of the said Act of 1845 (which relate to access to the special Act);

and sections six and seventy of the [8 & 9 Vict. c. 33.] Railways Clauses Consolidation (Scotland) Act, 1845, and sections seventy-one to seventy-eight of that Act as originally enacted and not as amended for certain purposes by section fifteen of the [13 & 14 Geo. 5. c. 20.] Mines (Working Facilities and Support) Act, 1923, shall be incorporated with this Act, and in construing those provisions for the purposes of this section, this Act shall be deemed to be the special Act and the local authority to be the promoters of the undertaking, or company, as the case may require.