1(1)The Development Corporation may under section 4 of this Act compulsorily acquire rights in, over or under land by creating them as well as by acquiring rights already in existence.U.K.
(2)In relation to the compulsory acquisition of a right by virtue of sub-paragraph (1) above the provisions of the M1Highways Act 1980 specified in sub-paragraph (3) below shall apply—
(a)as if the Development Corporation were a highway authority, and
(b)as if references to such a compulsory acquisition were included in references to the compulsory acquisition of a right by virtue of section 250 of that Act.
(3)The provisions of the Highways Act 1980 referred to in sub-paragraph (2) above are—
(a)section 250(4) and (5) and Part II of Schedule 19 (adaptations of the M2Compulsory Purchase Act 1965 and the enactments relating to compensation for compulsory purchase), and
(b)section 251(1) to (3) and (5) (rights acquired to be binding on successive owners of the land).