(1)The Authority—
(a)shall have power to acquire by agreement, or
(b)on being authorised to do so by the Secretary of State shall have power to acquire compulsorily,
any land which, in the Authority's opinion, is suitable for development.
(2)Where the Authority exercises or has exercised its powers under subsection (1) above in relation to any land, it shall have power to acquire by agreement or on being authorised to do so by the Secretary of State shall have power to acquire compulsorily—
(a)any land adjoining that land which is required for the purpose of executing works for facilitating its development or use;
(b)where that land forms part of a common or open space or fuel or field garden allotment, any land which is required for the purpose of being given in exchange therefor;
(c)new rights over land (that is, rights not previously in existence) required for the purpose of exercising the Authority's functions.
(3)The 1946 Act shall apply in relation to the compulsory acquisition of land in pursuance of this section as if—
(a)this section were contained in an Act in force immediately before the commencement of that Act;
(b)the Authority were a local authority.
(4)Schedule 20 below, in which—
(a)Part I modifies the 1946 Act as applied by subsection (3) above,
(b)Part II deals with the acquisition of land by agreement, and
(c)Part III contains supplemental provisions as respects land acquired under this section,
shall have effect.
In section 16 of the [1973 c. 37.] Water Act 1973 (water authority's duty to provide sewer)—
(a)at the end of subsection (1)(b) there shall be added “or (bb) if—
(i)the Land Authority for Wales are the owners of the premises at the relevant time; and
(ii)the Land Authority require the authority to provide a public sewer for the drainage of new buildings proposed to be erected on the premises by any person; and
(iii)the conditions mentioned in subsection (3) below (as modified by subsection (3 A) below) are satisfied ; or”;
(b)in subsection (3), after the words " paragraph (b) " there shall be inserted the words " or, subject to subsection (3A) below, paragraph (bb) ";
(c)the following subsection shall be inserted after that subsection:—
“(3A)Where the Land Authority for Wales are the owners of the premises at the relevant time, subsection (3)(a) above shall have effect as if the words " or by any other person " were inserted after the word " owners " , in the second place where it occurs.”; and
(d)at the end of subsection (11) there shall be added " and " relevant time " in relation to land owned by the Land Authority for Wales, means the time when the Land Authority require the water authority to provide a public sewer as mentioned in subsection (1)(bb) above.".