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(1)The Secretary of State or a local highway authority may be authorised to acquire land compulsorily—
(a)for the purpose of providing or improving any highway which is to be provided or improved in pursuance of an order under section 209, 211 or 212 of this Act or for any other purpose for which land is required in connection with such an order; or
(b)for the purpose of providing any public right of way which is to be provided as an alternative to a right of way extinguished under 214(1)(a) of this Act.
(2)The [1946 c. 49.] Acquisition of Land (Authorisation Procedure) Act 1946 shall apply to the acquisition of land under this section, and accordingly shall have effect—
(a)as if this section had been in force immediately before the commencement of that Act; and
(b)as if this section were included among the enactments specified in section 1(1)(b) of that Act
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