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(1)The Minister of Public Building and Works may acquire compulsorily any land necessary for the public service.
(2)The Postmaster General may acquire compulsorily any land required for the purposes of the Post Office as defined in section 87 of the [1953 c. 33.] Post Office Act 1953.
(3)The power of acquiring land compulsorily under this section shall include power to acquire an easement or other right over land by the grant of a new right:
Provided that this subsection shall not apply to an easement or other right over any land which would for the purposes of the Act of 1946 form part of a common, open space or fuel or field garden allotment.
(4)The Act of 1946 shall apply to any compulsory acquisition by the Minister of Public Building and Works or the Postmaster General under this section as it applies to a compulsory acquisition by another Minister in a case falling within section 1(1) of that Act.
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