Powers exercisable in relation to land acquired by development corporations or highway authoritiesS

22 Displacement of persons from land acquired.S

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(3)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.

(4)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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