Section 14 Acquisition of land etc.
The provisions of Schedule 2 to this Act shall have effect with respect to the transfer to the Authority of the: aerodromes mentioned in that Schedule and the other property, rights and liabilities there mentioned.
The Authority may be authorised by the Secretary of State to acquire land compulsorily for any purpose connected with the performance of its functions, and the provisions of the 1946 c. 49.Acquisition of Land (Authorisation Procedure) Act 1946 other than section 3 shall apply in relation to the compulsory purchase of land by the Authority as if the Authority were a local authority and as if this subsection were contained in an Act in force immediately before the commencement of that Act.
For the purpose of the acquisition by the Authority of land by agreement the provisions of Part I of the 1965 c. 56.Compulsory Purchase Act 1965 (so far as applicable), other than sections 4 to 8, 27 and 31, shall apply.
The provisions of Part I of Schedule 3 to this Act shall have effect as respects the acquisition of land by the Authority.
The provisions of Part II of Schedule 3 to this Act shall have effect as respects the application of the following provisions of the 1949 c. 67.Civil Aviation Act 1949—
section 24 (acquisition of rights over land);
section 25 (imposition of restrictions on use of aerodromes);
section 26 (control over land); and
section 28 (stopping up of highways).
The Authority's power of acquiring land compulsorily under this section or the following section may be exercised for the purpose of providing or improving any highway which is to be provided or improved in pursuance of an order under the said section 28 as applied by this section or for any other purpose for which land is required in connection with such an order ; and subsections (1) and (2) of section 158 of the 1962 c. 38.Town and Country Planning Act 1962 (which relate to telegraphic lines of the Post Office affected by the stopping up, diversion or improvement of a highway in pursuance of an order under section 153 of that Act) shall have effect as if references to an order under section 153 of that Act included references to an order under the said section 28 as applied by this section.
Section 82 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1962 (consecrated land and burial grounds) shall have effect in relation to any land acquired by the Authority as it has effect in relation to land acquired by statutory undertakers under Part V of that Act.
Any land vested in the Authority by virtue of this section or the following section shall be deemed for all purposes to have been acquired by the Authority for the purposes of its undertaking.
In the application of this section to Scotland—
in subsection (2), for the references to the 1946 c. 49.Acquisition of Land (Authorisation Procedure) Act 1946 and to section 3 of that Act there shall be substituted respectively references to the 1947 c. 42.Acquisition of Land (Authorisation Procedure) (Scotland) Act 1947 and to section 3 of that Act;
in subsection (3), for the references to Part I of the 1965 c. 56.Compulsory Purchase Act 1965 and to sections 4 to 8, 27 and 31 of that Act there shall be substituted respectively references to the 1845 c. 19.Lands Clauses Consolidation (Scotland) Act 1845 and to sections 120 to 125, 127, 142 and 143 of that Act;
in subsection (6), the reference to a highway shall include a reference to any public right of way, and for the references to subsections (1) and (2) of section 158 of the 1962 c. 38.Town and Country Planning Act 1962 and to section 153 of that Act there shall be substituted respectively references to subsections (2) and (3) of section 111 of the 1947 c. 53.Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1947 and to section 46 of that Act;
in subsection (7), for the references to section 82 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1962 and to Part V of that Act there shall be substituted respectively references to section 27 of the 1945 c. 33.Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1945 and to Part III of the Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1947 ;
and in the application of subsection (6) of this section to Northern Ireland for the references to subsections (1) and (2) of section 158 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1962 and to section 153 of that Act there shall be substituted respectively references to subsection (2) of section 41 of the 1948 c. 28 (N.I.).Roads Act (Northern Ireland) 1948 and to section 17 of that Act.