Article 16 Acquisition of land by agreement by the Authority

For the purpose of any of its functions under this order or any other enactment the Authority may acquire by agreement any land.

The Authority may acquire by agreement any land for any purpose for which it is authorised by any enactment to acquire land, notwithstanding that the land is not immediately required for that purpose; and, until it is required for the purpose for which it was acquired, any land acquired may be used for the purpose of any of the Authority’s functions.

Where under this article the Authority is authorised to acquire land by agreement, the provisions of Part I of the Compulsory Purchase Act 1965^f1 (so far as applicable) other than section 31 shall apply, and in the said Part I as so applied the word “land” includes any interest in land and any easement or right in, to or over land.

Where the Authority acting with one or more police authorities or the NCS Service Authority would have the power to acquire any land by agreement by virtue of this article, nothing in any enactment shall prevent one of those authorities from acquiring the land on behalf of them both or all of them in accordance with arrangements made between them, including arrangements as to the subsequent occupation and use of the land.

References in the foregoing paragraphs of this article to acquisition by agreement are references to acquisition for money or money’s worth, as purchaser or lessee.