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Restriction on the acquisition of land.
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7. No untenanted land shall be acquired compulsorily under this Act which is or forms part of any demesne, home farm, town park, within the meaning of the Land Law (Ireland) Acts, garden, or pleasure ground, or which is the property of a railway or canal company, and which is, or may be, required for the purposes of their undertaking; and in the exercise of the powers for the compulsory acquisition of land conferred by this Act the Estates Commissioners shall, in the case of untenanted land, avoid all interference with the demesne and amenity of residence of the owner of the land, or with any home farm or land immediately adjoining and customarily occupied with his residence, and land shall be selected with due regard to the general situation and convenience of any other property of the owner so as not to diminish the value thereof.
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