15Powers in relation to property

15 Powers in relation to property

15 Powers in relation to property

(1) The Cancer Institute may:

(a) acquire land (including an interest in land), for the purpose of the exercise of its functions, by agreement or by compulsory process in accordance with the Land Acquisition (Just Terms Compensation) Act 1991, and

(b) acquire any other property for the purpose of the exercise of its functions, and

(c) sell, lease, mortgage or otherwise dispose of land or any other property.

(2) However, the Cancer Institute must not:

(a) acquire land by any means, or

(b) dispose of land by sale, lease, mortgage or otherwise,

except with the approval of the Minister.

(3) The Cancer Institute may request the Minister to give approval to (and the Minister may approve) a disposition or dedication of land or a use of land, being a disposition, dedication or use:

(a) that is contrary to a provision of, or a trust arising under, the Crown grant of that land, or

(b) that, if this section had not been enacted, may make the land liable to be forfeited to the Crown.

(4) If the Minister has given an approval under this section to a disposition or dedication of land, or to a use of land, neither the disposition or dedication of the land (or its subsequent use) nor the use of the land:

(a) is to be regarded as a breach of any provision of, or any trust arising under, the Crown grant of that land, or

(b) is to make the land liable to be forfeited to the Crown.