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PART IVAcquisition and Disposal of LandLand acquisition by government departments and local authoritiesCompulsory acquisition of land by certain Ministers.
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The Minister of Public Building and Works may acquire compulsorily any land necessary for the public service.
2
The Postmaster General may acquire compulsorily any land required for the purposes of the Post Office as defined in section 87 of the Post Office Act 1953.
3
The power of acquiring land compulsorily under this section shall include power to acquire an easement or other right over land by the grant of a new right:
Provided that this subsection shall not apply to an easement or other right over any land which would for the purposes of the Act of 1946 form part of a common, open space or fuel or field garden allotment.
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The Act of 1946 shall apply to any compulsory acquisition by the Minister of Public Building and Works or the Postmaster General under this section as it applies to a compulsory acquisition by another Minister in a case falling within section 1(1) of that Act.
1953 c. 33.