8 Compulsory acquisition of prescribed substances, stocks of minerals and plant.U.K.
(1)The Minister may, subject to and in accordance with Part I of the Second Schedule to this Act, compulsorily acquire—
(a)any prescribed substance;
(b)any minerals, being minerals from which in the opinion of the Minister any of the prescribed substances can be obtained, other than minerals in a natural state or contained in a deposit of waste material obtained from any underground or surface working;
(c)any plant designed or adapted for the production or use of atomic energy or research into matters connected therewith.
In the case of any plant which is affixed to land, the Minister may sever it from the land, and shall in that case make good any damage caused by the severance.
(2)Compensation in respect of the acquisition of any article under this section shall be paid in accordance with Part II of the Second Schedule to this Act.