Exercise of powers by the Secretary of State in relation to land
5.—(1) Any power in relation to land or other premises conferred upon the Secretary of State by the Defence Acts, the Military Lands Acts 1892 to 1903(1), or sections 36 to 39 of the Requisitioned Land and War Works Act 1945(2) (which relate to the acquisition of easements or other rights restrictive of the user of any land), may be exercised for the purposes of a visiting force or headquarters to the extent that those powers would be exercisable if the visiting force or headquarters were a part of any of the home forces.
(2) For the purposes of the exercise of the powers conferred by paragraph (1), the enactments specified in that paragraph shall have effect subject to the modifications set out in Schedule 3.
(3) The powers conferred on the Secretary of State by the Land Powers (Defence) Act 1958(3) may be exercised for the purposes of a headquarters to the extent that those powers would be exercisable if the headquarters were a part of any of the home forces; and accordingly in that Act any reference to defence purposes shall include a reference to any purpose of a headquarters.
(4) In this Article the “Defence Acts” means the Defence Acts 1842 to 1873, the Ordnance Board Transfer Act 1855(4), section 7 of the Lands Clauses Consolidation Acts Amendment Act 1860(5), the Defence Act Amendment Act 1864(6), and section 7 of the Militia (Lands and Buildings) Act 1873(7).