20.—(1) The Acquisition of Land (Authorisation Procedure) (Scotland) Act 1947 is amended as follows.
(2) In section 3(4) (power to extinguish certain public rights of way over land acquired), for “appropriate Minister” there is substituted “Scottish Ministers”.
(3) Section 7(2) (interpretation) is omitted.
(4) In Part III of the First Schedule (special provisions as to certain descriptions of land), in paragraph 10 for “appropriate Minister” where the words first appear there is substituted “Scottish Ministers”, for “appropriate Minister is”, in each place where those words appear, there is substituted “Scottish Ministers are” and for “he is” there is substituted “they are”.