Part III Lands

19 Power to acquire land
(1) Subject to the provisions of this Act the appropriate company may enter upon, take and use such of the lands delineated on the deposited plans and described in the deposited book of reference as they may require for the purposes of the National Power works or the PowerGen works, as the case may be, or for the purposes of obtaining access thereto, obtaining materials for the construction thereof, or depositing spoil or other material excavated during the construction thereof or otherwise for the purposes of this Act or other purposes connected therewith.
(2) (a) The powers of the appropriate company for the compulsory acquisition of lands under this section shall not be exercised after 31st December 1993.
(b) The powers to acquire compulsorily any land shall for the purposes of this subsection be deemed to have been exercised if notice to treat has been served in respect of that land.