Paragraph (7) of the First Schedule to the Housing, Town Planning, &c. Act, 1909 (which provides for special procedure in the case of the acquisition of land, for the purposes of Part III. of the principal Act, situate in London or in a borough or urban district), shall cease to have effect.

Where the confirming of an order made under that schedule is opposed, the Local Government Board shall, before confirming the order, duly consider the report of the person by whom, under paragraph (6) of the said schedule, a public inquiry is held, and the Local Government Board shall not confirm any order for the compulsory acquisition of land under that schedule, even when the order is unopposed, if they are of opinion that the land is unsuited for the purpose for which it is proposed to be acquired.

Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph (6) of the First Schedule to the Housing, Town Planning, &c. Act, 1909, any order for the compulsory acquisition of land which is duly submitted after the date of the passing of this Act, and before the expiration of two years from that date, by a local authority under the provisions of Part I. of the Housing, Town Planning, &c. Act, 1909, maybe confirmed by the Local Government Board without a public inquiry.

The amendments to the said schedule effected by this Act shall apply to that schedule as originally enacted but not as applied by any other enactment.