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sation shall apply to the determination of any question which,

under sub-section (11) of section seven or section seventeen of 1 & 2 Geo. 5,
the Small Landholders (Scotland) Act, 1911, is referred to arbi- c. 49.
tration, as if the Board of Agriculture for Scotland were the
acquiring authority, and as if in the said sub-section (11) there
were substituted for the Lord Ordinary on the Bills and the
Lord Ordinary, except where the Lord Ordinary is therein
last referred to, such person as may be prescribed by rules
made by the Reference Committee for Scotland; and the pro-
visions of that Act, including the Second Schedule to the
Agricultural Holdings (Scotland) Act, 1908, as thereby applied, Edw. 7, c. 64.
shall in relation to such determination have effect subject to
the aforesaid provisions of this Act:

(b) "High Court means either division of the Court of Session;
means arbiter, and "easement means servi-

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(2) This Act shall apply to Ireland subject to the following modification :

Nothing in this Act shall affect the determination of the price or
compensation to be paid on the compulsory acquisition of land
by the Irish Land Commission or Congested Districts Board
for Ireland under any statute or the special provisions con-
tained in the Labourers (Ireland) Act, 1885, and the enact- 48 & 49 Vict.
ments amending the same, with respect to the jurisdiction of c. 77.
the Irish Land Commission in cases where land is taken com-
pulsorily under those provisions for a term of years.

tion.

12.-(1) This Act may be cited as the Acquisition of Land (Assess- Short title, ment of Compensation) Act, 1919, and shall come into operation on the commencement first day of September nineteen hundred and nineteen, but shall not apply and interpreta to the determination of any question where before that date the appointment of an arbitration, valuation, or other tribunal to determine the question has been completed, or a jury has been empanelled for the purpose.

(2) For the purposes of this Act, the expression "land includes water and any interests in land or water and any easement or right in, to, or over land or water, and "public authority means any body of persons, not trading for profit, authorised by or under any Act to carry on a railway, canal, dock, water or other public undertaking.

INDEX.

INDEX.

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ACCOUNTS-

separate accounts to be kept by local authority of
receipts and expenditure under Housing Act,
audit of,

receipts and expenditure under Part III. of Housing
Act to be accounted for in certain circumstances
under separate head,

ACQUISITION OF LAND-

compulsory purchase [see Compulsory Purchase].
by agreement-

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local authority may acquire land in advance for
improvement or reconstruction scheme, -

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local authority may acquire houses suitable for
working classes,

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powers and purposes of local authority in, for houses
for working classes,

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local authority may acquire by agreement only, or

contract for lease of, dwelling-houses suitable
for working classes,

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local authority may, with consent of Board, acquire
by agreement land in advance,
local authority may acquire by agreement land for
houses for working classes, and sec. 144 of
Public Health (Scotland) Act, 1897, to apply,
local authority may appropriate for housing
working classes any land vested in them,
local authority may acquire land for supplying
water to houses in counties,

trustees of dwellings for working classes may sell,
feu, or lease houses to local authority or make
over management,

any trading company, society, or association may
purchase land for houses for employees,
restrictions under Housing Act as regards-

(1) common or open space,

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65-66

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100

101, 271

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(2) land near royal palaces or parks,
(3) ancient monuments or sites of archæo-
logical interest,

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