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Revised Statute from The UK Statute Law Database

Land Compensation Act 1961 (c. 33)

This version of this statute is extracted from the UK Statute Law Database (SLD). It is not necessarily in the form in which it was originally enacted but is a revised version, which means that any subsequent amendments to the text and other effects are incorporated with annotations.

There are effects on this legislation that have not yet been applied to SLD for the following years: 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 and 2009. See the Tables of Legislative effects and the Update status of legislation page on the SLD website.

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Land Compensation Act 1961

1961 CHAPTER 33 9_and_10_Eliz_2

Contents

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  1. Part I

    Determination of Questions of Disputed Compensation

    1. 1. Tribunal for assessing compensation in respect of land compulsorily acquired

    2. 2. Procedures on references under s. 1

    3. 3. Consolidation of proceedings on claims in respect of several interests in the same land

    4. 4. Costs

  2. Part II

    Provisions determining amount of compensation

    1. General provisions

      1. 5. Rules for assessing compensation

      2. 6. Disregard of actual or prospective development in certain cases

      3. 7. Effect of certain actual or prospective development of adjacent land in same ownership

      4. 8. Subsequent acquisition of adjacent land and acquisition governed by enactment corresponding to s. 7

      5. 9. Disregard of depreciation due to prospect of acquisition by authority possessing compulsory purchase powers

    2. Special Cases

      1. 10.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

      2. 10A.Expenses of owners not in occupation

      3. 11. Land of statutory undertakers

      4. 12. Outstanding right to compensation for refusal etc. of planning permission

      5. 13.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

    3. Assumptions as to planning permission

      1. 14. Assumptions as to planning permission

      2. 15. Assumptions not directly derived from development plans

      3. 16. Special assumptions in respect of certain land comprised in development plans

  3. Part III

    Certification by Planning Authorities of Appropriate Alternative Development

    1. 17. Certification of appropriate alternative development

    2. 18. Appeals against certificates under s. 17

    3. 19. Extension of ss. 17 and 18 to special cases

    4. 20. Power to prescribe matters relevant to Part III

    5. 21. Proceedings for challenging validity of decision on appeal under s. 18

    6. 22. Interpretation of Part III

  4. Part IV

    Compensation where Permission for Additional Development Granted after Acquisition

    1. 23. Compensation where planning decision made after acquisition

    2. 24. Provisions as to claims under section 23

    3. 25. Extension to planning permission where no planning decision made

    4. 26. Extension to Crown development

    5. 27. Application of Part IV to certain cases

    6. 28. Regulations for purposes of Part IV

    7. 29. Interpretation of Part IV

  5. Part V

    Miscellaneous and General

    1. 30.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

    2. 31. Withdrawal of notices to treat

    3. 32. Rate of interest after entry on land

    4. 33. Application of Act to Crown

    5. 34. Special provision as to ecclesiastical property in England

    6. 35. Certificates of value

    7. 36. Saving for certain statutory purchases of statutory undertakings

    8. 37. Local inquiries

    9. 38. Services of notices

    10. 39. Interpretation

    11. 40.†Consequential amendments, repeals, and transitional provisions

    12. 41. Saving for transactions before commencement of Act

    13. 42. Short title, commencement and extent

  6. FIRST SCHEDULE

    Actual or Prospective Development relevant for purposes of Sections 6 & 7

  7. SECOND SCHEDULE

    . .

  8. Third Schedule

    Application of Part IV to Certain Cases

  9. FOURTH SCHEDULE

    ENACTMENTS AMENDED

  10. FIFTH SCHEDULE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

An Act to consolidate the Acquisition of Land (Assessment of Compensation) Act 1919, and certain other enactments relating to the assessment of compensation in respect of compulsory acquisitions of interests in land; to the withdrawal of notices to treat; and to the payment of additional compensation and of allowances in connection with such acquisitions or with certain sales by agreement of interests in land; with corrections and improvements made under the Consolidation of Enactments (Procedure) Act 1949.

[22nd June 1961]

Annotations:

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1Act applied (with modifications) (18.6.1992) by British Railways (No. 2) Act 1992 (c. xi), s. 35(3).

Act applied (with modifications)(29.1.1993) by 1993 c. i, s. 15(3)

Act applied (29.3.1993) by 1993 c. iv, s. 22(7)(with s. 22(6))

Act restricted (29.3.1993) by 1993 c. iv, s. 37(3)

Act applied (with modifications)(27.5.1993) by 1993 c. vii, s. 22(3)

Act applied (with modifications)(1.7.1993) by 1993 c. ix, s. 17(3)

Act applied (with modifications)(27.7.1993) by 1993 c. xv, s. 30(3)

Act modified (10.11.1993) by 1993 c. 28, s. 161(4), Sch. 19 paras.1,2; S.I. 1993/2762, art.3

Act applied (10.11.1993) by 1993 c. 28, ss. 169, Sch. 20 Pt. II para. 4(5); S.I. 1993/2762, art.3

Act applied (5.11.1993) by 1993 c. 42, s. 5, Sch. 4 para. 3(3)

Act applied (31.3.1994) by 1994 c. iv, Pt. II, s. 12(7) (with s. 28)

Act excluded (31.3.1994) by 1994 c. iv, Pt. III, s. 23(3) (with s. 28)

Act excluded (5.7.1994) by 1994 c. ix, s. 16(3) (with s. 20)

Act applied (21.7.1994) by 1994 c. xi, s. 33(3) (with s. 39)

Act applied (21.7.1994) by 1994 c. xv, s. 31(3) (with s. 47)

Act applied (21.7.1994) by 1994 c. xv, s. 61(3) (with s. 47)

Act applied (28.7.1998) by 1998 c. iv, s. 8(2)

Act applied (with modifications) (28.7.1998) by 1998 c. iv, s. 10(3)

Act applied (1.10.1998) by 1975 c. 70, Sch. 4 Pt. III, para. 5(5) (as inserted by 1998 c. 38, s. 127, Sch. 13 para. 3 (with ss. 39(2), 143(2)); S.I. 1998/2244, art. 4)

Act applied (25.11.1998 for specified purposes and otherwise 3.7.2000) by 1998 c. 45, s. 23, Sch. 6 para. 1(5); S.I. 1998/2952, art. 2(2); S.I. 2000/1173, art. 2(2)(c)

Act applied (22.3.2001) by 2001 c. ii, s. 7(2)

Act modified (30.4.2002) by S.I. 2002/1064, art. 17(3)

Act applied (with modifications) (30.4.2002) by S.I. 2002/1065, art. 17(3)

Act: Transfer of functions (1.7.1999) (W.) by S.I. 1999/672, art. 2(a), Sch. 1 (with art. 2 paras. (b)-(f))

C2Act applied (16.3.1992) by Midland Metro (No. 2) Act 1992 (c. viii), s. 14(6).

C3Act applied (with modifications) (16.3.1992) by Aire and Calder Navigation Act 1992 (c. iv), s. 27(2).

C4Act applied (with modifications) (16.3.1992) by London Underground Act 1992 (c. iii), s. 25(3).

C5Act applied (with modifications) (13.2.1992) by British Railways Act 1992 (c. i), s. 28(3).

C6Act applied with modifications by Water Resources Act 1963 (c. 38), s. 67(2), Sch. 8 paras. 12—14, Land Commission Act 1967 (c. 1), s. 10(1), Sch. 3 and Development of Rural Wales Act 1976 (c. 75), s. 5(1), Sch. 3 para. 30(1); modified by Local Government, Planning and Land Act 1980 (c. 65), s. 141, Sch. 27 paras. 9, 10; extended by Land Compensation Act 1973 (c. 26), s. 72(5)

C7Act modified by New Towns Act 1981 (c. 64, SIF 123:3), ss. 14(2), 16(5), Sch. 6 Pt. II, by Compulsory Purchase (Vesting Declarations) Act 1981 (c. 66, SIF 66:1), s. 7(1)(a) and by Acquisition of Land Act 1981 (c. 67, SIF 28:1), s. 4

C8Act modified by Housing Act 1988 (c. 50, SIF 61), s. 76(5)(6), Sch. 9 Pt. II para. 6, British Railways Act 1989 (c. iii), s. 26(3) and Town and Country Planning Act 1990 (c. 8, SIF 123:1), ss. 28, 54, Sch. 2 Pt. I para. 1(2), Pt. II para. 1(2), Pt. III para. 2

C9Act applied (with modifications) by Housing Act 1985 (c. 68, SIF 61), s. 578 and Town and Country Planning Act 1990 (c. 8, SIF 123:1), s. 165(3)

C10Act applied by Housing Act 1985 (c. 68, SIF 61), ss. 295(3), 307, Housing Act 1988 (c. 50, SIF 61), s. 78(2), Sch. 10 Pt. II para. 4(5), Town and Country Planning Act 1990 (c. 8, SIF 123:1), s. 236(5) and Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 (c. 9, SIF 123:1), s. 51(5)

C11Act amended by Local Government Act 1985 (c. 51, SIF 81:1), s. 4, Sch. 1 Pt. I paras. 15(1), 18(2), Town and Country Planning Act 1990 (c. 8, SIF 123:1), ss. 49, 54(1), and amended (prosp.) by ss. 27, 28 of that Act

C12Act excluded by British Railways (London) Act 1988 (c. xi), s. 19(3) and Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 (c. 9, SIF 123:1), s. 50(4)

C13Act excluded by Heathrow Express Railway Act 1991 (c. vii), s. 33(3)

C14Act modified by London Underground (Victoria) Act 1991 (c. x), s. 15(3)

C15Act modified (25.11.1991) by Planning and Compensation Act 1991 (c. 34, SIF 123:1), s. 27, Sch. 4 Pt. I para. 44(9) (with s. 84(5)); S.I. 1991/2728, art. 2

C16Act modified (28.11.1991) by London Underground (Safety Measures) Act 1991 (c. xviii), s. 20(3).

C17Act modified (19.12.1991) by London Docklands Railway Act 1991 (c. xxiii), s. 10(3)

Act modified (1.4.1996) by 1990 c. 8, Sch. 2 Pt. 1A (as inserted by 1994 c. 19, s. 20(3), Sch. 5 Pt. II, para. 8 (with ss. 54(5)(7), 55(5), Sch. 17 paras. 22(1), 23(2)); S.I. 1995/3198, art. 4, Sch. 2)

Act modified (1.4.1996) by 1994 c. 19, s. 20(3), Sch. 5 Pt. III, para. 17(2)(3) (with ss. 54(5)(7), 55(5), Sch. 17 paras. 22(1), 23(2)); S.I. 1995/3198, art. 4, Sch. 2

Act modified (25.11.1998 for specified purposes and otherwise 3.7.2000) by 1998 c. 45, s. 19(6)-(8), Sch. 4 paras. 1-5; S.I. 1998/2952, art. 2(2); S.I. 2000/1173, art. 2(2)(c)

Commencement Information

I1Act wholly in force at 1.8.1961 see s. 42(2)

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