28Acquisition of land

28 Acquisition of land

(1)  The Company is an acquiring authority for the purposes of the Land Acquisition Act 1993 and, as such, may acquire land under that Act.

(2)  Despite subsection (1) , the Company may only acquire land by compulsory process under the Land Acquisition Act 1993  –

(a) if it does so in accordance with section 183 of the Water Management Act 1999 for the purpose of establishing a water district under that Act; or

(b) if it has the consent of the Minister to so acquire that land.

(3)  The Company is a public authority established by or under an Act for the purposes of the Conveyancing and Law of Property Act 1884 .

(4)  Without limiting subsection (1) , the Company –

(a) may acquire an easement in gross within the meaning of section 90A of the Conveyancing and Law of Property Act 1884 ; and

(b) may enter into, or acquire the benefit of, a covenant in gross within the meaning of section 90AB of that Act.