1(1)The Secretary of State, after consultation with the Director, may authorise a [F1gas transporters] to purchase compulsorily any land.E+W+S
(2)In sub-paragraph (1) above “land” includes any right over land; and the power of the Secretary of State under that sub-paragraph includes power to authorise the acquisition of rights over land by creating new rights as well as acquiring existing ones.
Textual Amendments
F1Words in Sch. 3 para. 1 substituted (1.10.2001) by 2000 c. 27, s. 108, Sch. 6 Pt. I para. 2(1); S.I. 2001/3266, arts. 1(2), 2, Sch. (subject to transitional provisions in arts. 3-20)