s 7 Acquisition of land.
A local authority and in England the council of a county . . . may be authorised by the Secretary of State to acquire land compulsorily for any of the purposes of this Act, and the Acquisition of Land Act 1981 , in Scotland, the Acquisition of Land (Authorisation Procedure) (Scotland) Act 1947 shall apply to the compulsory acquisition of land under this section as if this section had been in force immediately before the commencement of that Act .