Street, Drainage and Building Act 1974 · s 6

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s 6Power to take land adjoining new streets for building purposes

(1)

In laying out or making any new streets, or in widening, opening, enlarging or otherwise improving any public street, in addition to the land required for the carriageways and footways thereof, the local authority may request the State Authority, to acquire the land necessary for the buildings to form the said street and, with the consent of the State Authority may—

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(a)

erect any buildings upon the land so acquired or alter any existing buildings thereon; and

(b)

sell and dispose of such land or buildings with such stipulations and conditions as to the class and description of buildings to be erected on such land as it thinks fit.

(2)

For the purpose of subsection (1), in relation to the Federal

Territory reference to the State Authority shall be construed as reference to the Government of the Federation.