Requisitioned Land and War Works Act 1945

35 Amendments as to procedure.

(1) Where the notice to treat is given before the expiration of two years from the end of the war period or the acquisition is by virtue of Part II of this Act, land may be compulsorily acquired under the Defence Acts notwithstanding that it has not been surveyed and marked out in accordance with section sixteen of the Defence Act, 1842, and references in the Defence Acts to land surveyed and marked out under that section shall be construed as including references to land described in a notice to treat for the acquisition thereof.

(2) Where the notice to treat is given before the expiration of two years from the end of the war period or the acquisition is by virtue of Part II of this Act, section twenty-three of the Defence Act, 1842 (which requires the consent of the Lord Lieutenant and a warrant from the Treasury before the exercise of compulsory powers under that Act), and so much of the proviso to section seven of the [23 & 24 Vict. c. 106.] Lands Clauses Consolidation Acts Amendment Act, 1860, as requires compliance with the said section twenty-three, shall not have effect.