Paragraph 5

In the First Schedule to the M1Acquisition of Land (Authorisation Procedure) (Scotland) Act 1947 (procedure for authorising compulsory purchases), after paragraph 10 there shall be inserted the following paragraph—

“10A

In paragraphs 9 and 10 of this Schedule “statutory undertakers” include—

(a)

a health service body, as defined in section 60(7) of the National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990; and

(b)

a National Health Service trust established under Part I of that Act or the National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978;

but in relation to a health service body, as so defined, any reference in those paragraphs to land acquired or available for acquisition by the statutory undertakers shall be construed as a reference to land acquired or available for use by the Secretary of State for use or occupation by that body.”