7Subsection (1) of section sixty-three (which relates to the acquisition of land by agreement for the purposes of Part V of that Act) shall have effect as if for the words from " in like manner " to the end of the subsection there were substituted the words " under section one hundred and fifty-six of the Local Government (Scotland) Act, 1947 (notwithstanding anything in section one hundred and seventy-three of that Act), and section one hundred and fifty-eight of that Act shall apply accordingly ".