Conwy Tunnel (Supplementary Powers) Act 1983

3 Further power to acquire land

(1) The Secretary of State may acquire compulsorily land required for or in connection with the principal works, not being land which may be acquired under section 2 of this Act.

(2) A compulsory purchase order made in pursuance of this section may provide for the acquisition of rights over land by creating them as well as for the acquisition of rights already in existence.

(3) References in this section and Schedule 1 to this Act to rights over land include references to the right to do, or to place and maintain, anything in, on or under land or in the airspace above its surface.

(4) For the purpose of the acquisition by the Secretary of State of land required for or in connection with the principal works by agreement, Part I of the [1965 c. 56.] Compulsory Purchase Act 1965 (so far as applicable and excluding sections 4 to 8, 10, 27 and 31) shall apply; and in that Part, as so applied, "land" has the same meaning as in this Act.

(5) The [1981 c. 67.] Acquisition of Land Act 1981 shall apply to the compulsory acquisition of land under this section, and Schedule 3 to that Act shall apply to the compulsory acquisition of a right by virtue of subsection (2) above.