Section 23 Exercise of powers of appropriation.C1

power is conferred on any authority to whom this Part of this Act applies, or on any class of such authorities, to appropriate land for any purpose, whether the purpose is defined in the enactment specifically or by reference to some other power exercisable by the authority or class of authorities in question, but

that power is so conferred subject to a provision (in whatever terms the provision is expressed, and whether it is contained in the same or in any other enactment) that the power is not to be exercised except with the consent of a Minister specified in that provision, or for a purpose approved by a Minister so specified, with or without a further provision enabling conditions to be imposed by such a Minister in respect of the exercise of the power,

shall publish a notice of their intention to do so for at least two consecutive weeks in a newspaper circulating in their area; and

shall consider any objections to the proposed appropriation which may be made to them.

to any appropriation of land in pursuance of an order under section forty-two of the Act of 1947 or under section twenty-eight of the M1Land Settlement (Facilities) Act, 1919, or

to any appropriation of land which, immediately before the appropriation, is land which consists or forms part of a common, or formerly consisted or formed part of a common, and is held or managed by a local authority in accordance with a local Act;

under subsection (7) of section two of the M2Small Holdings and Allotments Act, 1926, as applied by section twelve of the M3Agricultural Land (Utilisation) Act, 1931 (whereby the consent of that Minister is required in certain cases in respect of transactions relating to cottage holdings), or

in respect of any appropriation of land which, immediately before the appropriation, is land held for use as allotments;