Land Compensation Act 1973

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Jurisdiction	UK Non-devolved
Citation	1973 c. 26
Year	1973

Contenidos

Land Compensation Act 1973
Part I: Compensation for Depreciation Caused by use of Public Works

1: Right to compensation
2: Interests qualifying for compensation
3: Claims
4: Assessment of compensation: general provisions
5: Assessment of compensation: assumptions as to planning permission
6: Reduction of compensation where land is benefited
7: Exclusion of minimal compensation
8: Other restrictions on compensation
9: Alterations to public works and changes of use
^F29 10: Mortgages, trusts of land and settlements
11: Interests acquired by inheritance
12: Tenants entitled to enfranchisement or extension under Leasehold Reform Act 1967
^F33 12A: Tenants participating in collective enfranchisement, or entitled to individual lease extension, under Part I of Leasehold Reform, Housing and Urban Development Act 1993
13: Ecclesiastical property
^F39 14: … … … … … … … … … …
15: Information for ascertaining relevant date
16: Disputes
17: Action for nuisance following unsuccessful claim where responsible authority have disclaimed statutory immunity
18: Interest on compensation
19: Interpretation of Part I

Part II: Mitigation of Injurious Effect of Public Works

Insulation against noise

20: Soundproofing of buildings affected by public works
^F62 20A: Power to make payments in respect of caravans and other structures affected by noise of public works
^F63 21: … … … … … … … … … …
^F64 22—25: … … … … … … … … … …

Powers of authorities responsible for other public works

26: Acquisition of land in connection with public works
27: Execution of works etc in connection with public works

Expenses of persons moving temporarily during construction works etc

28: Power to pay expenses of persons moving temporarily during construction works etc

Part III: Provisions for Benefit of Persons Displaced From Land

Home loss payments

29: Right to home loss payment where person displaced from dwelling
^F102^F101 29A: Spouses and civil partners having statutory rights of occupation
^F107 30: Amount of home loss payment in England and Wales
^F109 31: … … … … … … … … … …
32: Supplementary provisions about home loss payments
33: Home loss payments for certain caravan dwellers

^F128 Other loss payments

33A: Basic loss payment
^F131 33B: Occupier’s loss payment: agricultural land
33C: Occupier’s loss payment: other land
^F132 33D: Loss payments: exclusions
^F136 33E: Claims
33F: Insolvency
33G: Death
33H: Agricultural land: dual entitlement
33I: Payment
33J: Acquisition by agreement
33K: Regulations

Farm loss payments

^F138 34: Right to farm loss payment where person displaced from agricultural unit
^F138 35: Amount of farm loss payment
^F138 36: Supplementary provisions about farm loss payments

Disturbance payments

37: Disturbance payments for persons without compensatable interests
38: Amount of disturbance payment

Rehousing

39: Duty to rehouse residential occupiers
40: Duty to rehouse certain caravan dwellers
41: Power of relevant authority to make advances repayable on maturity to displaced residential owner-occupiers
42: Duty of displacing authority to indemnify rehousing or lending authority for net losses
43: Power of relevant authority to defray expenses in connection with acquisition of new dwellings

Part IV: Compulsory Purchase

Assessment of compensation

44: Compensation for injurious affection
45: Compensation for acquisition of dwelling specially adapted for disabled person
46: Compensation for disturbance where business carried on by person over sixty
^F207 47: Compensation in respect of land subject to business tenancy
48: Compensation in respect of agricultural holdings
^F215 49: … … … … … … … … … …
50: Compensation where occupier is rehoused
51: Compensation where land is in area designated as site of new town for purpose of public development

Advance payment of compensation

52: Right to advance payment of compensation
^F243 52AZA: Repayment by claimant etc
^F244 52ZA: Advance payments: land subject to mortgage
52ZB: Advance payments: land subject to mortgage exceeding 90% threshold
52ZC: Land subject to mortgage: supplementary
^F257 52ZD: Making a request for advance payment
^F258 52ZE: Payment to mortgagee recoverable if notice to treat withdrawn
^F259 52A: Right to interest where advance payment made
^F264 52B: Interest on advance payments of compensation paid late

Severance of land

53: Notice to treat in respect of part of agricultural land
54: Effect of counter-notice under section 53
55: Notice of entry in respect of part of agricultural holding
56: Effect of counter-notice under section 55
57: Other procedures for taking possession of part of agricultural holding
58: Determination of material detriment where part of house etc proposed for compulsory acquisition

Miscellaneous

59: Notice to quit agricultural holding: right to opt for notice of entry compensation
^F299 60: … … … … … … … … … …
61: Notice to quit part of agricultural holding: right to claim notice of entry compensation for remainder of holding
^F303 62: … … … … … … … … … …
63: Interest on compensation for injurious affection where no land taken
64: Extension of grounds for challenging validity of compulsory purchase order

65—67: … … … … … … … … … …">^F306 65—67: … … … … … … … … … …

Part V: Planning Blight

Extension of classes of blighted land

^F307 68—72: … … … … … … … … … …
73
^F310 74: … … … … … … … … … …
75
^F313 76: … … … … … … … … … …
77
78
^F318 79–81: … … … … … … … … … …
82
^F321 83: … … … … … … … … … …

Part VI: Supplementary Provisions

84: Application to Crown
85: Financial provisions
86: Repeals
87: General interpretation
88: Northern Ireland
89: Short title, commencement and extent

SCHEDULES

^F335^F335 SCHEDULES 1&2
SCHEDULE 3: (Section 86) REPEALS

Land Compensation Act 1973

1973 CHAPTER 26

An Act to confer a new right to compensation for depreciation of the value of interests in land caused by the use of highways, aerodromes and other public works; to confer powers for mitigating the injurious effect of such works on their surroundings; to make new provision for the benefit of persons displaced from land by public authorities; to amend the law relating to compulsory purchase and planning blight; to amend section 35 of the Roads (Scotland) Act 1970; and for purposes connected with those matters.

[23rd May 1973]

Commencement Information

Act partly in force at Royal Assent, Act wholly in force at 23.6.1973 see s. 89(2)

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

Act applied (with modifications) (7.3.1995) by S.I. 1995/519, art. 23(3), Sch. 4 paras. 1, 2 (with art. 73)

Act applied (with modifications) (18.12.1996) by 1996 c. 61, s. 4, Sch. 4 Pt. III paras. 8(2)(a), 9(9)(10)

Act applied (with modifications) (10.2.1997) by S.I. 1997/264, art. 19(3), Sch. 7 paras. 1, 2

Act applied (with modifications) (21.5.1997) by S.I. 1997/1266, art. 26(3), Sch. 8 paras. 1, 2 (with art. 41)

Act applied (with modifications) (3.6.1999) by S.I. 1999/1555, art. 5(4), Sch. 1 paras. 1, 2

Act: transfer of functions (1.7.1999) by S.I. 1999/672, art. 2, Sch. 1

Act applied (with modifications) (20.1.1999) by S.I. 1999/2336, art. 14, Sch. 4 paras. 1, 2

Act applied (with modifications) (23.8.1999) by S.I. 1999/2981, art. 17(3), Sch. 7 paras. 1, 2

Act applied (with modifications) (2.3.2001) by S.I. 2001/1367, art. 9(3), Sch. 2 paras. 1, 2

Act applied (with modifications) (2.3.2001) by S.I. 2001/1368, art. 9(3), Sch. 3 paras. 1, 2

Act applied (with modifications) (2.3.2001) by S.I. 2001/1369, art. 6(3), Sch. 1 paras. 1, 2

Act applied (with modifications) (29.3.2001) by S.I. 2001/1347, art. 26(3), Sch. 7 paras. 1, 2

Act applied (with modifications) (29.3.2001) by S.I. 2001/1348, art. 6(3), Sch. 2 paras. 1, 2

Act applied (with modifications) (18.7.2001) by S.I. 2001/2870, art. 15(7), Sch. 2 paras. 1, 2

Act applied (with modifications) (9.11.2001) by S.I. 2001/3682, art. 21(3), Sch. 7 paras. 1, 2

Act applied (with modifications) (30.4.2002) by S.I. 2002/1064, art. 11, Sch. 2 para. 2

Act applied (with modifications) (30.4.2002) by S.I. 2002/1065, art. 11, Sch. 3 para. 2

Act applied (with modifications) (14.3.2002) by S.I. 2002/412, art. 18, Sch. 4 para. 2

Act applied (with modifications) (31.5.2002) by S.I. 2002/1327, art. 21, Sch. 4 para. 2

Act applied (with modifications) (30.4.2002) by S.I. 2002/1066, art. 23, Sch. 7 para. 2

Act modified (28.4.2003) by Network Rail (West Coast Main Line) Order 2003 (S.I. 2003/1075), art. 1, Sch. 9 para. 2 (with art. 40)

Act applied (with modifications) (4.3.2004) by The Network Rail (West Coast Main Line) Order 2004 (S.I. 2004/389), Sch. 9 paras. 1, 2 (with art. 38)

Act applied (with modifications) (2.4.2004) by Docklands Light Railway (Woolwich Arsenal Extension) Order 2004 (S.I. 2004/757), Sch. 8 paras. 1, 2

Act applied (with modifications) (19.11.2004) by Scarweather Sands Offshore Wind Farm Order 2004 (S.I. 2004/3054), Sch. 3 para. 2 (with art. 38)

Act applied (with modifications) (28.1.2005) by East...

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