43(1)Sections 112 and 113 of this Act shall not apply, and (notwithstanding their repeal by the Act of 1968) sections 67 and 68 of the Act of 1962 shall continue to apply to any land the acquisition of which was, immediately before 1st April 1969, authorised by a compulsory purchase order made by a local authority or statutory undertakers or by a Minister, or was then proposed to be authorised by such an order which had not been confirmed by a Minister or, as the case may be, had been prepared in draft by a Minister, but with respect to which a notice had then been published in accordance with paragraph 3(1)(a) of Schedule 1 to the [1946 c. 49.] Acquisition of Land (Authorisation Procedure) Act 1946.
(2)The validity of a compulsory purchase order made under section 67, 68 or 69 of the Act of 1962 shall not be affected by the repeal by the Act of 1968 of the section under which the order was made ; and a compulsory purchase order made (but not confirmed), or made in draft, before the repeal of that section took effect may be confirmed or made thereunder as if the Act of 1968 had not been passed.