The purposes for which a local authority may acquire land under section 157 of the Local Government Act 1933 (which authorises a local authority to acquire by agreement land immediately required by the authority for the purpose of any of their functions under the said Act of 1933 or any other public general Act) shall include the purpose of any of their functions under a local Act.

The purposes for which a local authority may acquire land under section 158 of the said Act of 1933 (which empowers a local authority to acquire by agreement land in advance of their requirements for any purpose for which they are authorised to acquire land by the said Act of 1933 or any other public general Act, but, by virtue of section 22 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1959, only, in the case of land outside their area, with the consent of and subject to any conditions imposed by the appropriate Minister as defined in the said section 158) shall include any purpose for which they are authorised to acquire land by any local Act