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Land Compensation Act 1973
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## SCHEDULE 3
#### Interests qualifying for compensation.
#### Right to compensation.
##### 12A
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- (4) Subsections (3), (7) and (12) of section 20 above apply for the purposes of this section as they apply for the purposes of that.
#### Acquisition of land in connection with public works.
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##### 29A
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[^key-78f4c4dd228a741f519d1089ccf233ed]: [Act](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1973/26) modified (22.1.2021) by [The Hornsea Three Offshore Wind Farm Order 2020 (S.I. 2020/1656)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2020/1656), [Sch. 7 para. 2](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2020/1656/schedule/7/paragraph/2) (with [arts. 40](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2020/1656/article/40), [41](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2020/1656/article/41), [Sch. 9 Pt. 5 para. 18](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2020/1656/schedule/9/part/5/paragraph/18))
[^key-63514c1eae4a6fb6bc16d074d3daf801]: [Act](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1973/26) modified (9.2.2021) by [The A1 Birtley to Coal House Development Consent Order 2021 (S.I. 2021/74)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2021/74), [art. 1](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2021/74/article/1), [Sch. 7 para. 3](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2021/74/schedule/7/paragraph/3) (with [art. 5](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2021/74/article/5), [Sch. 27 para. 36](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2021/74/schedule/27/paragraph/36))
[^key-85c83bd339a22ff60e85416ef541f357]: [Act](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1973/26) applied (with modifications) (11.2.2021) by [High Speed Rail (West Midlands - Crewe) Act 2021 (c. 2)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2021/2), [s. 64(1)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2021/2/section/64/1), [Sch. 9 paras. 1](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2021/2/schedule/9/paragraph/1), [2(10)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2021/2/schedule/9/paragraph/2/10)
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#### Spouses and civil partners having statutory rights of occupation.
#### Supplementary provisions about home loss payments.
#### Home loss payments for certain caravan dwellers.
#### Amount of disturbance payment.
#### Compensation in respect of agricultural holdings.
#### Compensation in respect of land subject to business tenancy.
#### Advance payments: land subject to mortgage
#### Notice to quit agricultural holding: right to opt for notice of entry compensation.
#### Other procedures for taking possession of part of agricultural holding.
#### Determination of material detriment where part of house etc. proposed for compulsory acquisition.
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#### Northern Ireland.
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#### Spouses and civil partners having statutory rights of occupation.
#### Amount of home loss payment in England and Wales.
#### . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
#### Home loss payments for certain caravan dwellers.
#### Basic loss payment
#### Amount of disturbance payment.
#### Compensation in respect of agricultural holdings.
#### Compensation in respect of land subject to business tenancy.
#### Advance payments: land subject to mortgage
#### Notice to treat in respect of part of agricultural land.
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#### Northern Ireland.
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#### Duty to rehouse certain caravan dwellers.
#### Compensation in respect of land subject to business tenancy.
#### Advance payments: land subject to mortgage
#### Notice to treat in respect of part of agricultural land.
#### Other procedures for taking possession of part of agricultural holding.
#### Determination of material detriment where part of house etc. proposed for compulsory acquisition.
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#### Northern Ireland.
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#### Duty to rehouse certain caravan dwellers.
#### Compensation in respect of land subject to business tenancy.
#### Determination of material detriment where part of house etc. proposed for compulsory acquisition.
#### Basic loss payment
#### Northern Ireland.
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#### Amount of disturbance payment.
#### Advance payments: land subject to mortgage exceeding 90% threshold
#### Effect of counter-notice under section 53.
#### Notice to quit part of agricultural holding: right to claim notice of entry compensation for remainder of holding.
#### Notice to quit part of agricultural holding: right to claim notice of entry compensation for remainder of holding.
#### Short title, commencement and extent.
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#### Duty to rehouse certain caravan dwellers.
#### Compensation in respect of land subject to business tenancy
#### Advance payments: land subject to mortgage
#### Interest on advance payments of compensation paid late
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#### Northern Ireland.
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##### 52B
- (1) If the acquiring authority are required by section 52(1A) or (1B) to make an advance payment of compensation but pay some or all of it late, the authority must pay interest on the amount which is paid late (“the unpaid amount”).
- (2) Interest under subsection (1) accrues on the unpaid amount for the period beginning with the day after the last day on which payment could have been made in accordance with section 52(4) or (4ZA).
- (3) If the amount of the advance payment is greater than the compensation as finally determined or agreed (“the actual amount”), the claimant must repay any interest paid under this section that is attributable to the amount by which the advance payment exceeded the actual amount.
- (4) The Treasury must by regulations specify the rate of interest for the purposes of subsection (1).
- (5) Regulations under subsection (4) may contain further provision in connection with the payment of interest under subsection (1).
- (6) Regulations under subsection (4) are to be made by statutory instrument.
- (7) A statutory instrument containing regulations under subsection (4) is subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament.
#### Advance payments: land subject to mortgage
##### 52AZA
- (1) Where the amount or aggregate amount of any payments under section 52 made on the basis of the acquiring authority's estimate of the compensation exceeds the compensation as finally determined or agreed, the excess is to be repaid.
- (2) If after any payment under section 52 has been made to any person it is discovered that the person was not entitled to it, the person must repay it.
- (3) If the notice to treat relating to an interest in land in relation to which an acquiring authority have made a payment to a claimant under section 52 is withdrawn or has ceased to have effect before the authority take possession of the land, the authority may by notice require the claimant to pay them an amount equal to the amount of the payment, unless another person has acquired the whole of the claimant's interest in the land.
- (4) Subsection (5) applies where—
- (a) a payment made to a claimant has been registered as a local land charge in accordance with section 52(8A),
- (b) the whole of the claimant's interest in land has subsequently been acquired by another person (a “successor”),
- (c) any notice to treat given in relation to the interest is withdrawn or ceases to have effect before the acquiring authority take possession of the land, and
- (d) the authority notify the successor that they are not going to give the successor a notice to treat (or a further notice to treat) for the interest.
- (5) The authority may by notice require the successor to pay them an amount equal to the amount of any payment made to the claimant under section 52.
- (6) A notice under subsection (3) or (5) must specify the date by which the claimant or successor must pay the amount.
- (7) The date mentioned in subsection (6) must be after the period of two months beginning with the day on which the authority give the notice under subsection (3) or (5).
- (8) Neither subsection (3) nor subsection (5) affects a right to compensation under section 31(3) or (3A) of the Land Compensation Act 1961 or section 5(2C)(b) of the Compulsory Purchase Act 1965.
##### 52ZD
- (1) The appropriate national authority may by regulations impose requirements about the form and content of a request under section 52(2), 52ZA(3) or 52ZB(3).
- (2) In subsection (1) “*appropriate national authority*” means—
- (a) in relation to a request relating to the compulsory acquisition of land in England, the Secretary of State;
- (b) in relation to a request relating to the compulsory acquisition of land in Wales, the Welsh Ministers.
- (3) Regulations under subsection (1) may permit or require a person specified in the regulations to design a form to be used in making a request.
- (4) Regulations under subsection (1) may require an acquiring authority to supply, at specified stages of the compulsory acquisition process, copies of a form to be used in making a request.
- (5) Regulations under subsection (1) are to be made by statutory instrument.
- (6) A statutory instrument containing regulations under subsection (1) is subject to annulment—
- (a) in the case of an instrument made by the Secretary of State, in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament;
- (b) in the case of an instrument made by the Welsh Ministers, in pursuance of a resolution of the National Assembly for Wales.
##### 52ZE
- (1) Where an acquiring authority have made a payment to a mortgagee under section 52ZA or 52ZB in relation to an interest in land and notify the claimant that the notice to treat relating to the interest is withdrawn or has ceased to have effect before the authority take possession of the land, the authority may by notice require the claimant to pay them an amount equal to the amount of the payment, unless another person has acquired the whole of the claimant's interest in the land.
- (2) Subsection (3) applies where—
- (a) a payment under section 52ZA or 52ZB has been registered as a local land charge in accordance with section 52(8A),
- (b) the whole of a claimant's interest in land has subsequently been acquired by another person (a “successor”),
- (c) any notice to treat given in relation to the interest is withdrawn or ceases to have effect before the authority take possession of the land, and
- (d) the acquiring authority notify the successor that they are not going to give the successor a notice to treat (or a further notice to treat) in relation to the interest.
- (3) The authority may by notice require the successor to pay them an amount equal to the amount of the payment.
- (4) A notice under subsection (1) or (3) must specify the date by which the claimant or successor must pay the amount.
- (5) The date mentioned in subsection (4) must be after the period of two months beginning with the day on which the authority give the notice under subsection (1) or (3).
- (6) Neither subsection (1) nor subsection (3) affects a right to compensation under section 31(3) or (3A) of the Land Compensation Act 1961 or section 5(2C)(b) of the Compulsory Purchase Act 1965.
#### Notice to treat in respect of part of agricultural land.
#### Other procedures for taking possession of part of agricultural holding.
#### Determination of material detriment where part of house etc. proposed for compulsory acquisition.
#### . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
#### Northern Ireland.
#### Short title, commencement and extent.
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
#### Spouses and civil partners having statutory rights of occupation.
#### Amount of home loss payment in England and Wales.
#### . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
#### Home loss payments for certain caravan dwellers.
#### Basic loss payment
#### Amount of disturbance payment.
#### Compensation in respect of land subject to business tenancy.
#### Advance payments: land subject to mortgage
#### Notice to treat in respect of part of agricultural land.
#### . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
#### Northern Ireland.
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
#### Duty to rehouse certain caravan dwellers.
#### Compensation in respect of land subject to business tenancy.
#### Advance payments: land subject to mortgage
#### Notice to treat in respect of part of agricultural land.
#### Other procedures for taking possession of part of agricultural holding.
#### Determination of material detriment where part of house etc. proposed for compulsory acquisition.
#### . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
#### Northern Ireland.
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
#### Duty to rehouse certain caravan dwellers.
#### Compensation in respect of land subject to business tenancy.
#### Determination of material detriment where part of house etc. proposed for compulsory acquisition.
#### Occupier’s loss payment: agricultural land
#### Northern Ireland.
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
#### Duty to rehouse residential occupiers.
#### Advance payments: land subject to mortgage exceeding 90% threshold
#### Effect of counter-notice under section 53.
#### . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
#### Notice to quit part of agricultural holding: right to claim notice of entry compensation for remainder of holding.
#### Short title, commencement and extent.
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
#### Power of relevant authority to make advances repayable on maturity to displaced residential owner-occupiers.
#### Compensation in respect of agricultural holdings.
#### Advance payments: land subject to mortgage
#### Interest on advance payments of compensation paid late
#### . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
#### Northern Ireland.
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##### 52B
- (1) If the acquiring authority are required by section 52(1A) or (1B) to make an advance payment of compensation but pay some or all of it late, the authority must pay interest on the amount which is paid late (“the unpaid amount”).
- (2) Interest under subsection (1) accrues on the unpaid amount for the period beginning with the day after the last day on which payment could have been made in accordance with section 52(4) or (4ZA).
- (3) If the amount of the advance payment is greater than the compensation as finally determined or agreed (“the actual amount”), the claimant must repay any interest paid under this section that is attributable to the amount by which the advance payment exceeded the actual amount.
- (4) The Treasury must by regulations specify the rate of interest for the purposes of subsection (1).
- (5) Regulations under subsection (4) may contain further provision in connection with the payment of interest under subsection (1).
- (6) Regulations under subsection (4) are to be made by statutory instrument.
- (7) A statutory instrument containing regulations under subsection (4) is subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament.
#### Repayment by claimant etc.
##### 52AZA
- (1) Where the amount or aggregate amount of any payments under section 52 made on the basis of the acquiring authority's estimate of the compensation exceeds the compensation as finally determined or agreed, the excess is to be repaid.
- (2) If after any payment under section 52 has been made to any person it is discovered that the person was not entitled to it, the person must repay it.
- (3) If the notice to treat relating to an interest in land in relation to which an acquiring authority have made a payment to a claimant under section 52 is withdrawn or has ceased to have effect before the authority take possession of the land, the authority may by notice require the claimant to pay them an amount equal to the amount of the payment, unless another person has acquired the whole of the claimant's interest in the land.
- (4) Subsection (5) applies where—
- (a) a payment made to a claimant has been registered as a local land charge in accordance with section 52(8A),
- (b) the whole of the claimant's interest in land has subsequently been acquired by another person (a “successor”),
- (c) any notice to treat given in relation to the interest is withdrawn or ceases to have effect before the acquiring authority take possession of the land, and
- (d) the authority notify the successor that they are not going to give the successor a notice to treat (or a further notice to treat) for the interest.
- (5) The authority may by notice require the successor to pay them an amount equal to the amount of any payment made to the claimant under section 52.
- (6) A notice under subsection (3) or (5) must specify the date by which the claimant or successor must pay the amount.
- (7) The date mentioned in subsection (6) must be after the period of two months beginning with the day on which the authority give the notice under subsection (3) or (5).
- (8) Neither subsection (3) nor subsection (5) affects a right to compensation under section 31(3) or (3A) of the Land Compensation Act 1961 or section 5(2C)(b) of the Compulsory Purchase Act 1965.
##### 52ZD
- (1) The appropriate national authority may by regulations impose requirements about the form and content of a request under section 52(2), 52ZA(3) or 52ZB(3).
- (2) In subsection (1) “*appropriate national authority*” means—
- (a) in relation to a request relating to the compulsory acquisition of land in England, the Secretary of State;
- (b) in relation to a request relating to the compulsory acquisition of land in Wales, the Welsh Ministers.
- (3) Regulations under subsection (1) may permit or require a person specified in the regulations to design a form to be used in making a request.
- (4) Regulations under subsection (1) may require an acquiring authority to supply, at specified stages of the compulsory acquisition process, copies of a form to be used in making a request.
- (5) Regulations under subsection (1) are to be made by statutory instrument.
- (6) A statutory instrument containing regulations under subsection (1) is subject to annulment—
- (a) in the case of an instrument made by the Secretary of State, in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament;
- (b) in the case of an instrument made by the Welsh Ministers, in pursuance of a resolution of the National Assembly for Wales.
##### 52ZE
- (1) Where an acquiring authority have made a payment to a mortgagee under section 52ZA or 52ZB in relation to an interest in land and notify the claimant that the notice to treat relating to the interest is withdrawn or has ceased to have effect before the authority take possession of the land, the authority may by notice require the claimant to pay them an amount equal to the amount of the payment, unless another person has acquired the whole of the claimant's interest in the land.
- (2) Subsection (3) applies where—
- (a) a payment under section 52ZA or 52ZB has been registered as a local land charge in accordance with section 52(8A),
- (b) the whole of a claimant's interest in land has subsequently been acquired by another person (a “successor”),
- (c) any notice to treat given in relation to the interest is withdrawn or ceases to have effect before the authority take possession of the land, and
- (d) the acquiring authority notify the successor that they are not going to give the successor a notice to treat (or a further notice to treat) in relation to the interest.
- (3) The authority may by notice require the successor to pay them an amount equal to the amount of the payment.
- (4) A notice under subsection (1) or (3) must specify the date by which the claimant or successor must pay the amount.
- (5) The date mentioned in subsection (4) must be after the period of two months beginning with the day on which the authority give the notice under subsection (1) or (3).
- (6) Neither subsection (1) nor subsection (3) affects a right to compensation under section 31(3) or (3A) of the Land Compensation Act 1961 or section 5(2C)(b) of the Compulsory Purchase Act 1965.
#### Interest on advance payments of compensation paid late
#### Other procedures for taking possession of part of agricultural holding.
#### Northern Ireland.
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