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DEFENCE OF THE REALM (ACQUISITION OF LAND) ACT 1916 - SECT 12

Interpretation.

12.(1) For the purposes of this Act, and of the provisions of the Lands
Clauses Acts incorporated with this Act, land includes any building or part of
a building, any pier, jetty, or other structure on the shore or bed of the sea
or any river, and any easement or right over or in relation to land.

(2) Where consideration has been given or an advance made by the State for the
erection, construction, or making of any building, work, or improvement on
over or under any land for purposes connected with the present war, or where
any money which would otherwise have been payable to the State has with the
consent of a Government department been applied towards the erection,
construction, or making of any such building, work, or improvement, the
building, work, or improvement shall for the purposes of this Act be deemed to
have been erected, constructed, or made wholly or partly, as the case may be,
at the expense of the State.

(3) For the purposes of this Act, except where the context otherwise requires,
the expression "building" includes machinery and plant fixed or attached to
the building,....

Subs.(4) rep. by SL(R) 1973

(5) For the purposes of this Act a competent naval or military authority
acting under the Acts relating to the Defence of the Realm shall be deemed to
be a Government department.

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