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(1)A local authority may acquire—
(a)any land as a site for the erection of houses;
(b)land proposed to be used for any purpose authorised by section 3 or section 5;
(c)subject to subsection (2),
(i)houses, and
(ii)buildings other than houses, being buildings which may be made suitable as houses,
together with any lands occupied with the houses or buildings, or any right or interest in the houses or buildings;
(d)land for the purposes of—
(i)selling or leasing the land under the powers conferred by this Act, with a view to the erection on the land of houses by persons other than the local authority;
(ii)selling or leasing, under the powers conferred by this Act, any part of the land acquired, with a view to the use of that land for purposes which in the opinion of the local authority are necessary or desirable for, or incidental to, the development of the land as a building estate;
(iii)carrying out on the land works for the purpose of, or connected with, the alteration, enlargement, repair or improvement of an adjoining house;
(iv)selling or leasing the land under the powers conferred by this Act, with a view to the carrying out on the land by a person other than the local authority of such works as are mentioned in sub-paragraph (iii).
(2)Nothing in subsection (1)(c) shall authorise a local authority to acquire otherwise than by agreement any house or other building which is situated on land used for agriculture, and which is required in connection with that use of that land.
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