(1)In this Act the expression " Central Land Board " means the Board established under the [10 & 11 Geo. 6. c. 51.] Town and Country Planning Act, 1947.
(2)The Board shall have an office in Scotland and shall maintain there such staff as may be necessary for the proper performance of their functions under this Act.
(3)The Board shall, in the performance of their functions under this Act, comply with such directions as may be given to them by the Secretary of State.
(4)The report made by the Board for any year under section two of the Town and Country Planning Act, 1947, shall set out any direction given by the Secretary of State to the Board during that year unless the Secretary of State has notified to the Board his opinion that it is against the interests of national security so to do.
(5)The functions under this Act of the Board, and of their officers and servants, shall be (exercised on behalf of the Crown.
(6)Regulations made .for the purposes of section two of the Town and Country Planning Act, 1947, shall provide for requiring members of the' Board who are interested in any land which is the subject of a claim or application made to the/Board under this Act to disclose to the Board the nature of their interest, and may for that purpose apply any of the provisions of section one hundred and forty-nine of the [19 & 20 Geo. 5. c. 23.] Companies Act, 1929, subject to such modifications as may be prescribed by the regulations.
(7)Any administrative expenses incurred for the purposes of this Act by the Board with the approval of the Secretary of State shall, to such extent as may be sanctioned by the Treasury, be defrayed out of moneys provided by Parliament.