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(e) representatives of societies existing for the promotion a.d. 1919. 



of afforestation ; 

 (/) representatives of woodland owners. 

 7. — (1) If the Commissioners are unable to acquire by Compulsory 



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agreement and on reasonable terms any land which they con- >f land. 

 sider it necessary to acquire for the purpose of this Act, they 

 may apply to the Development Commissioners for an order 

 empowering them to acquire the land compulsorily in accord- 

 ance with the provisions of the Schedule to this Act, and the 

 Development Commissioners, after giving the owner of such land 

 an opportunity of being heard against such compulsory purchase, 

 shall have power to make such order. 



(2) No land shall be authorised by an order under this 

 section to be acquired compulsorily which, at the date of the 

 order, forms part of any park, demesne, garden, or pleasure 

 ground, or forms part of the home farm attached to and 

 usually occupied with a mansion house, or is otherwise required 

 for the amenity or convenience of any dwelling-house, or which 

 at that date is the property of any local authority, or has 

 been acquired by any corporation or company for the purposes 

 of a railway, dock, canal, water, or other public undertaking, 

 or is the site of an ancient monument or other object of 

 archaeological interest. 



(3) Where an order made by the Development Commis- 

 sioners under this Act authorises the acquisition of any land 

 forming part of any common, open space, or allotment, the 

 order, so far as it relates to the acquisition of such land, shall 

 be provisional only, and shall not have effect unless and until 

 it is confirmed by Parliament, except where the order provides 

 for giving in exchange for such land other land, not being less 

 in area, certified by the Board of Agriculture and Fisheries to 

 be equally advantageous to the persons, if any, entitled to 

 commonable or other rights, and to the public : 



Provided that the foregoing provision shall not apply if the 

 order provides for the granting to the public of reasonable access 

 to the land for air, exercise or recreation, unless the land to be 

 acquired has been dedicated to the public use and enjoyment, 

 or is a metropolitan common within the terms of the Metro- 29 & 30 Vict, 

 politan Commons Act, 1866, or is a suburban common as defined 

 by the Commons Act, 1876, or is subject to a scheme of regula- 39 & 40 Vict, 

 tion made in pursuance of the Metropolitan Commons Acts, 8& 9 vict. 



