Section 33 Modifications of Defence Acts in relation to acquisitions not by virtue of Part II.

The power of any Minister to acquire land under the Defence Acts for any purpose . . . F1shall, . . . , include power to acquire for the same purpose, in accordance with the provisions in that behalf contained in this Part of this Act, any easement over or right restrictive of the user of any land, being an easement or right which he requires for that purpose.

It is hereby declared that any power of any Minister to acquire under the Defence Acts, . . . , land for any purpose is not affected by the fact that his office is a temporary one or that, after the expiration of a certain period, some other Minister may be the Minister concerned, or that he can obtain or has obtained possession apart from those Acts.