Part 4Compensation for loss of landlord's rights
Additional payment
I155Claim for additional payment: reference to Lands Tribunal
1
If no agreement has been reached under section 53 or 54, the—
a
former landlord, or
b
former tenant,
may refer any matter arising in relation to a claim for an additional payment under section 50 to the Lands Tribunal.
2
In determining any such matter, the Lands Tribunal may make such order as it thinks fit (including an order fixing the amount of additional payment).
3
Where the Lands Tribunal makes an order fixing an additional payment which is equal to or greater than £50 it must provide the former tenant with the option of making the payment in instalments in accordance with section 57 but—
a
no instalment document is required,
b
in subsection (3)(b) of that section, for the words “when so returning such document” there is to be substituted “
before the expiry of the period of 28 days beginning with the day on which the Lands Tribunal makes the order fixing the additional payment
”
, and
c
the reference in subsection (4) of that section to the date on which the instalment document is served is to be construed as a reference to the date on which the Lands Tribunal makes the order.
4
A reference under subsection (1) must be made before the expiry of the period of 5 years beginning with the appointed day.