Town and Country Planning Act 1962

22 (1) The repeal shall not affect the validity of any order authorising the compulsory acquisition of any land—

(a) under subsection (2) of section ithirty-seven of the Act of 1947 (which enabled the Minister of Works or the Postmaster General, during the period before a development plan had become operative with respect to any area, to be authorised in certain circumstances to acquire land compulsorily);

(b) under subsection (2) of section thirty-eight of that Act (which enabled certain local authorities, during any such period, to be authorised in certain circumstances to acquire land compulsorily); or

(c) under subsection (3) of the said section thirty-eight in a case where the power conferred by that subsection was exercisable in lieu of the exercise of the power conferred by subsection (2) thereof,

or of any notice served or other thing done in pursuance of any such order.

(2) The provisions of Part V of this Act shall have effect in relation to any land acquired, or authorised to be acquired, in pursuance of any such order as is mentioned in the preceding sub-paragraph as if—

(a) in the case of land acquired, or authorised to be acquired, by a Minister, the land had been acquired, or authorised to be acquired, by that Minister under section sixty-seven ;

(b) in the case of land acquired, or authorised to be acquired, by a local authority, the land had been acquired, or authorised to be acquired, by that local authority under section sixty-eight.