(1) Where the Minister, on the recommendation of the Authority made after consultation with the appropriate Board (if any), considers that any private land, or any easement over private land, or the interest of any lessee or licensee in any land, should be acquired by the Crown for national park purposes,—
(a) The Minister may, in the name and on behalf of Her Majesty, contract for the purchase or lease of the land, easement, or interest, or accept the land, easement, or interest as a gift; or
(b) The land, easement, or interest may be taken or otherwise acquired under the Public Works Act 1928 as for a public work under that Act.
(2) All land, easements, or interests in land acquired under subsection (1) of this section shall vest in Her Majesty for national park purposes, and all lands acquired by the Minister by way of lease under this section shall, during the term of the lease, be subject to this Act.
Compare: 1952 No 54 s 13(1), (2)