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(1)Where it appears to the Secretary of State, as respects any land which is or which gives or forms part of access to open country—
(a)that it is requisite that the public should have access to that open country for open-air recreation; and
(b)that in the circumstances it is expedient that for that purpose the land should be acquired by him,
the Secretary of State may, with the consent of the Treasury, acquire the land by agreement, whether by way of purchase, feu, lease or excambion, or acquire the land compulsorily.
(2)Unless in any particular case the Secretary of State otherwise determines, any land acquired by the Secretary of State under this section shall be transferred to such other persons on such trusts or subject to such conditions as may appear to him expedient for securing to the public access for open-air recreation to so much thereof as appears to the Secretary of State to be practicable, having regard to the matters mentioned in subsection (3) of the last foregoing section.
(3)Subject to the provisions of the last foregoing subsection, the transfer of land under that subsection may be on such terms as to payment or otherwise as may, with the consent of the Treasury, be provided for by the arrangements for the transfer ; and where the arrangements so provide the Secretary of State may defray or contribute to the cost of managing the land while it is managed in accordance with the trusts 'or conditions referred to in the last foregoing subsection.
(4)The Secretary of State may carry out on land acquired by him for the purposes of this section, and for the time being held by him for those purposes, such work as he may consider requisite for providing convenient means of access to the land or otherwise for the said purposes, or may arrange for any such work to be carried out by persons to whom the land is transferred.
(5)The Secretary of State may defray the cost of managing any land acquired by him under this section and not transferred to other persons.
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