Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1997

Supplementary provisions

87 General provisions as to compensation for depreciation under this Part

(1) For the purpose of assessing any compensation to which this section applies, the rules set out in section 12 of the [1963 c. 51.] Land Compensation (Scotland) Act 1963 shall, so far as applicable and subject to any necessary modifications, have effect as they have effect for the purpose of assessing compensation for the compulsory acquisition of an interest in land.

(2) This section applies to any compensation which, under the provisions of this Part, is payable in respect of depreciation of the value of an interest in land.

(3) In relation to the assessment of compensation payable under section 76, the value of any interest may be a minus quantity.

(4) Where an interest in land is subject to a heritable security—

(a) any compensation to which this section applies, which is payable in respect of depreciation of the value of that interest, shall be assessed as if the interest were not subject to the security;

(b) a claim for any such compensation may be made by any creditor in a heritable security over the interest, but without prejudice to the making of a claim by the person entitled to the interest;

(c) no compensation to which this section applies shall be payable in respect of the interest of the creditor in the heritable security (as distinct from the interest which is subject to the security); and

(d) any compensation to which this section applies which is payable in respect of the interest which is subject to the heritable security shall be paid to the creditor in the security, or, if there is more than one such creditor, to the creditor whose security ranks first, and shall in either case be applied by him as if it were proceeds of sale by him under the powers competent to creditors in heritable securities.