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SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 7U.K. Groundwater Damage Protection

Effect of payment of compensation instead of remedial workU.K.

17(1)If compensation is paid in relation to any building under paragraph 15 above, then (subject to sub-paragraph (5) below) no further right shall arise under this Schedule—U.K.

(a)to require the carrying out of a survey of the building or any remedial work to it, or

(b)to claim the payment of compensation in relation to it;

and the Development Corporation shall not be under any duty to undertake any further survey or monitoring of the building.

(2)The reference in sub-paragraph (1)(b) above to the payment of compensation does not include the payment of compensation under paragraph 18 below.

(3)If—

(a)a notice requiring the carrying out of a survey of a building or the carrying out of remedial work to it, or

(b)a claim for the payment of compensation in relation to it,

is received by the Development Corporation during a period when a claim for compensation under paragraph 15 above has been submitted in respect of the building and remains undetermined, consideration of it may be deferred by the Development Corporation pending the determination of the claim under paragraph 15 above.

(4)Subject to sub-paragraph (5) below, if compensation is paid under that paragraph in relation to a building the Development Corporation shall not be under any duty to take any further action in relation to any notice or claim which has been deferred under sub-paragraph (3) above.

(5)A claim for compensation in relation to a building under paragraph 19 below shall, following the payment of compensation in relation to the building under paragraph 15 above, be considered by the Development Corporation to the extent that it relates to damage or disturbance occurring before the relevant day.