§ (1) If it appears to the Minister of Labour that immediate action is necessary for the purpose of dealing with unemployment, and that land cannot be acquired under the foregoing provisions of this Act with such expedition as the case requires he may certify accordingly, and thereupon the Minister of Transport (in this Section referred to as "the Minister") or, with the approval of the Minister, any local authority shall, subject to the provisions of this Section, have power forthwith to enter upon and take possession of any such land as may be required for or in connection with the construction of any arterial road, being a road which the Minister or the local authority, as the case may be, has power to 1622 construct or required by the local authority for the improvement of any road, with a view to the employment of unemployed persons in the construction or improvement of the road.
§ (2) Before entering on any land under this Act the Minister or local authority shall give seven days' notice in writing of their intention so to do to the owner and occupier of the land.
§ (3) Where the Minister or a local authority enter upon any land in pursuance of this Section they shall by virtue of this Section have power to acquire the land compulsorily, and shall, as soon as may be after entering on the land, serve notice under Section eighteen of the Lands Clauses Consolidation Act, 1845, of their intention to take the land, and shall add to the notice a statement that they have entered on the land in pursuance of this Act, and shall in all respects be liable as if they had given such notice on the date of entering on the land.
§ Lords Amendments:
§ In Sub-section (1), after the word "has" ["has power to construct"], insert the words "or have."
§ In Sub-section (2) leave out the word "their" ["of their intention"], and insert the word "the."
§ In Sub-section (3), after the word "Section" ["in pursuance of this Section"], insert the words "he or."
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Leave out the words "shall as soon as may be after entering on the land," and insert the words
for the purpose of the acquisition of any such land, the provisions of the Lands Clauses Acts shall, subject to the provisions of this Section, be deemed to be incorporated in this Act.
§ (4) The Minister or local authority shall, as soon as may be after entering on any land under this Section."
§ Leave out the word "their" ["of their intention"], and insert the word "the."
§ Leave out the words "they have entered on the land" and insert the words "the entry on the land is made."
§ Leave out the words "they had given such notice," and insert the words "such notice had been given."
§ Agreed to.