General Powers of the Minister and the Ministry

3 Power to make surveys, etc.
(1) For the purposes of any order or proposed order under section 1 with respect to a new town, the Ministry may at any time cause such surveys to be made and do all such things as are necessary or appropriate for purposes preliminary to or connected with the designation of an area under that section as the site of the new town or the creation of the new town.
(2) Without prejudice to the generality of subsection (1), the things that the Ministry may do in pursuance of that subsection shall include the provision of such services and the carrying out of such works as are necessary or appropriate for promoting the expeditious development of the new town.
(3) Things done by the Ministry before the commencement of this Act for purposes preliminary to or connected with the designation of an area under section 1 or the creation of a new town shall be deemed to have been done under this Act as if this Act had then been in force.