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General powers of acquisition and management of land by MinisterE+W

82Powers of Minister to acquire land by agreement.E+W

(1)The Minister may acquire by agreement—

(a)any land used for agriculture;

(b)any other land falling within the definition in this Act of the expression agricultural land;

(c)where any such land as aforesaid is offered to the Minister for acquisition by him on the condition that he also acquires other land not falling within the two foregoing paragraphs, that other land;

(d)any other land as respects which power is conferred on the Minister by this Act to purchase the land compulsorily in accordance with the provisions of this Act in that behalf.

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F283 Acquisition by Minister of land for research, experiment and demonstration.E+W

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F384 Acquisition of land by Minister to ensure full and efficient use thereof.E+W

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F586 Control of subdivision of agricultural units.E+W

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F788Transfer to Minister of land vested in other Government departments.E+W

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C2Functions of Minister of Works now exercisable by Secretary of State: S.I. 1962/1549, art. 2 and 1970/1681, arts. 2, 3

F889 Transfer of land from Land Settlement Associations to Minister.E+W

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90 Powers of management, etc., of land acquired by Minister.E+W

(1)The Minister may manage, farm, sell, let or otherwise deal with or dispose of land acquired by him—

(a)in such manner as appears to him expedient for the purpose for which the land was acquired; or

(b)if he is satisfied that the land ought to be devoted to some other purpose, in such manner as appears to him expedient therefor:

Provided that—

(i)the Minister shall not sell land acquired by him except where it appears to him that, having regard t o the use proposed to be made of the land, it is expedient that it should be sold by him;

(ii)this section shall have effect subject to any restrictions imposed by or under any enactment on the powers of the Minister.

(2)The powers of management conferred on the Minister by subsection (1) of this section shall include power to provide such facilities for the welfare of tenants of, or other persons employed in agriculture on, land managed by him as the Minister thinks expedient.

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C4Functions of Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food under s. 90 as it applies to land acquired for certain purposes now exercisable (W.) by Secretary of State: S.I. 1965/319, art. 4(1) and 1967/156, art. 2(3)

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