Part I

New Towns and Their Development Corporations

Powers exercisable in relation to land acquired by development corporation or highway authority

Open spaces.
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1
Any land being, or forming part of, a common, open space or fuel or field garden allotment, which has been acquired for the purposes of this Act by a development corporation or local highway authority, or which has been acquired under this Act by the Secretary of State, may—
a
in the case of land acquired by such a corporation or authority, be used by them, or by any other person, in any manner in accordance with planning permission, and
b
in the case of land acquired by the Secretary of State, be used in any manner by him or on his behalf for any purpose for which he acquired the land,
notwithstanding anything in any enactment relating to land of that kind, or in any enactment by which the land is specially regulated.
2
Nothing in this section shall be construed as authorising any act or omission on the part of any person which is actionable at the suit of any person on any grounds other than contravention of any such enactment as is mentioned in subsection (1) above.
3
Nothing in this section shall be construed as authorising any act or omission on the part of a development corporation or local highway authority, or of any body corporate, in contravention of any limitation imposed by law on their capacity by virtue of the constitution of the corporation, authority or body.
S. 21(3) substituted (13.7.2016) by Housing and Planning Act 2016 (c. 22), s. 216(3), Sch. 19 para. 6; S.I. 2016/733, reg. 3(m)