Acquisition of Land Act 1981

4 (1) Any reference in this Act (whether express or implied) to a thing done by a Minister, or by a local authority, under a provision of this Act includes, except where the context otherwise requires, a reference to the corresponding thing done by a predecessor authority under the corresponding enactment repealed by this Act.

(2) In this paragraph " predecessor authority " means—

(a) where the relevant function has been transferred from one Minister to another, the Minister from whom the function was transferred,

(b) where the relevant function has been transferred from one local authority to another, under any enactment (including in particular the [1963 c. 33.] London Government Act 1963, the [1972 c. 70.] Local Government Act 1972 and the [1973 c. 37.] Water Act 1973) the authority from whom the function was transferred.