116Transfer, exchange or lease of land without consideration

116 Transfer, exchange or lease of land without consideration (1) A Council's powers to transfer, exchange or lease any land include the power to do so with or without consideration to— (a) the Crown; or (b) a Minister; or (c) any public body; or (d) the trustees appointed under any Act to be held on trust for public or municipal purposes; or (e) a public hospital within the meaning of the **Health Services Act 1988** or other hospital carried on by an association or society otherwise than for profit or gain to the members of the association or society. (2) Any transfer, exchange or lease under this section is valid in law and equity. (3) Sections 114 and 115 do not apply to any transfer, exchange or lease under this section to a person or body specified in subsection (1). Division 5—Carrying out works on land