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If the Secretary of State certifies that possession of a house which has been acquired for the purposes of this Act by a development corporation or local F2roads authority and is for the time being held by that corporation or authority for the purposes for which it was acquired, is immediately required for those purposes, nothing in F3Part II of the M1Rent (Scotland) Act 1971 shall prevent that corporation or authority from obtaining possession of the house.

Where any land has been acquired for the purposes of this Act by a development corporation or F4roads authority, and the acquiring authority require possession of a building on the land, or of part of such a building, for the purposes for which the land was acquired, then at any time after the tenancy of the occupier has expired or has been determined the acquiring authority may serve a notice on the occupier of the building or part of the building requiring him to remove therefrom within 21 days; and, in the event of that period having expired without the notice to remove having been complied with, a certified copy of the notice shall be sufficient warrant for ejection against the occupier or any party in his right.

Nothing in this subsection shall affect the operation of F3section F5112 of the Rent (Scotland) Act F51984 (which lays down the minimum length of notice to quit premises let as a dwelling) in cases to which that section applies.

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