Commentary on provisions of the Act Compulsory acquisition of land Section 4: Power to acquire land compulsorily
Subsection (1) gives the Secretary of State powers of compulsory acquisition over the land shown within the limits of deviation and the limits of land to be acquired or used on the plans accompanying this Act. The land may only be acquired if it is needed "for Phase One purposes". This expression is defined in section 67.
	Subsection (2) introduces Schedule 5 which makes provision about the purposes for which the land within the limits of land to be acquired or used, as shown on the Act plans, may be acquired.
	Subsection (3) provides that Part 1 of the Compulsory Purchase Act 1965 applies to the acquisition of land under the Act as if the Act were a compulsory purchase order under the Acquisition of Land Act 1981, subject to the modifications contained in Schedule 6 referred to below. Part 1 of the 1965 Act provides for procedures for the compulsory acquisition of land.
	Subsection (4) provides that the provisions of the Compulsory Purchase (Vesting Declarations) Act 1981 also apply as if this Act were a compulsory purchase order, subject again to the modifications contained in Schedule 6. The 1981 Act, in its application by the Act, provides an alternative streamlined method by which the Secretary of State may compulsorily acquire the land required for construction of the railway.
	Subsection (5) introduces Schedule 6 which makes modifications of the Compulsory Purchase Act 1965, the Compulsory Purchase (Vesting Declarations) Act 1981 and other legislation relating to compulsory acquisition in their application to the acquisition of land under the Act.