Part 6Compensation

55Compensation: advance entry

(1)

Where Ministers enter and take possession of land under section 39, compensation is payable—

(a)

where the land is subject to a notice to treat, as if sections 83 to 89 of the 1845 Lands Act had applied and been complied with,

(b)

where the land is subject to a general vesting declaration, as if the land had already vested in Ministers.

(2)

Nothing in section 39 or this section affects a person's rights to advance payment under section 48 of the Land Compensation (Scotland) Act 1973 (c.56).