Acquisition of Land (Authorisation Procedure) (Scotland) Act 1947

8 Repeals and consequential and transitional provisions.

(1) The enactments specified in the Fifth Schedule to this Act are hereby repealed to the extent specified in the third column of that Schedule.

(2) References to the Acquisition of Land (Authorisation Procedure) Act, 1946, or to" particular provisions thereof, contained in the Fourth Schedule to that Act (which sets forth minor and consequential amendments of various enactments) shall be construed as references to this Act or to the provisions of this Act corresponding to the particular provisions of the said Act of 1946, as the case may require.

(3) Where before the commencement of this Act proceedings for obtaining authorisation of a compulsory purchase in accordance with the provisions of any enactment in force at the time have been begun but not completed, the proceedings may be completed as if this Act had not been passed.