8(1)Subject to subsection (2), for the purpose of carrying out any of its powers or providing any of its services, a municipality may expropriate within the meaning of and in accordance with the Expropriation Act, whether the subject matter of the expropriation is within or without the boundaries of the municipality.

8(2)A municipality shall not expropriate where the subject matter of the expropriation is within the boundaries of another municipality or a rural community, and any such purported expropriation is invalid.