Insofar as required for the implementation of this Act, and provided private acquisition is not an option, the cantons shall order land consolidation procedures. The Confederation and the cantons may acquire the required rights by means of the compulsory purchase procedure. They may delegate this power to third parties.
The compulsory purchase procedure shall only be applied if efforts to secure a private acquisition or for land consolidation are unsuccessful.
The cantons may declare the Federal Act of 20 June 19301on Compulsory Purchase to be applicable in their implementing regulations. They shall specify that the cantonal government decide on objections that remain in dispute.2
For works that involve the territory of two or more cantons, the federal law on compulsory purchase applies. The Federal Department of the Environment, Transport, Energy and Communications shall decide on compulsory purchase matters.
The surfaces in the space provided for waters that are exploited shall wherever possible remain in the possession of the farmers. They are deemed to be areas reserved for promoting biodiversity.3