s 8 Declaration that land is required for a public purpose
(1) When the State Authority decides that any of the lands referred to in section 7 are needed for any of the purposes referred to in section 3, a declaration in Form D shall be published in the Gazette. (2) A copy of the list of lands referred to in paragraph 7(b), amended, if necessary, in accordance with the decision of the State Authority, shall be included as a schedule to the declaration in Form D. (3) A declaration in Form D shall be conclusive evidence that all the scheduled land referred to therein is needed for the purpose specified therein. (4) A declaration under subsection (1) shall lapse and cease to be of any effect on the expiry of two years after the date of its publication in the Gazette in so far as it relates to any land or part of any land in respect of which the Land Administrator has not made an award under subsection 14(1) within the said period of two years, and, accordingly, all proceedings already taken or being taken in consequence of such declaration in respect of such land or such part of the land shall terminate and be of no effect. (5) Where the declaration under subsection (1) has lapsed, subsections 35(2), (3) and (4) shall apply with the necessary modifications.