Power to sell
17 Power to sell
The Minister may, by public auction or private treaty, sell any land acquired by him under this Act to any person upon such terms and conditions as he may think fit.
Without prejudice to the generality of subsection one of this section the conditions of any such sale may include:
a condition that the land shall not be used for any purpose other than a specified purpose,
a condition that the land shall not be subdivided without the consent in writing of the Minister,
a condition that a building of a specified character or class only shall be erected on the land and/or that a building of a specified character or class shall be erected on the land within a specified time,
a condition providing for the forfeiture of the land upon breach of any specified condition,
any other condition which the Minister considers necessary for the carrying out of the objects and purposes of this Act.
The conditions referred to in paragraphs (a), (b), (c) and (d) of subsection two of this section are in this Part referred to as special conditions.
Subject to the provisions of this Part of this Act a special condition:
shall bind the land to which the special condition relates,
shall not cease to bind such land upon its becoming freehold or its being brought under the provisions of the Real Property Act 1900.
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