Land Compensation Act 1961

[F1 5A Relevant valuation date E+W

(1) If the value of land is to be assessed in accordance with rule (2) in section 5, the valuation must be made as at the relevant valuation date.

(2) No adjustment is to be made to the valuation in respect of anything which happens after the relevant valuation date.

(3) If the land is the subject of a notice to treat, the relevant valuation date is the earlier of—

(a) the date when the acquiring authority enters on and takes possession of the land, and

(b) the date when the assessment is made.

(4) If the land is the subject of a general vesting declaration, the relevant valuation date is [F2 , subject to subsection (4A),] the earlier of—

(a) the vesting date, and

(b) the date when the assessment is made,

and “ general vesting declaration ” and “ vesting date ” have the meanings given in section 2 of the Compulsory Purchase (Vesting Declarations) Act 1981.

[F3 (4A) If an interest in land vests in accordance with an agreement under section 8A of that Act (postponement of vesting), the relevant valuation date in respect of that interest is the earlier of—

(a) the date on which it vests, and

(b) the date when the assessment is made.]

(5) If the acquiring authority enters on and takes possession of part of the land—

(a) specified in a notice of entry, or

(b) in respect of which a payment into court has been made,

the authority is deemed, for the purposes of subsection (3)(a), to have entered on and taken possession of the whole of that land on that date.

[F4 (5A) If—

(a) the acquiring authority enters on and takes possession of land in pursuance of a notice of entry given as mentioned in paragraph 12 of Schedule 2A to the Compulsory Purchase Act 1965 (“the original land”),

(b) the acquiring authority are subsequently required by a determination under paragraph 27 of Schedule 2A to the Compulsory Purchase Act 1965 to take additional land, and

(c) the acquiring authority enters on and takes possession of that additional land,

the authority is deemed for the purposes of subsection (3)(a) to have entered on and taken possession of the additional land when it entered on and took possession of the original land.]

[F5 (5B) If—

(a) the land is the subject of a general vesting declaration, and

(b) the vesting date is [F6 , as a result of Schedule A1 to the Compulsory Purchase (Vesting Declarations) Act 1981 (counter-notices in respect of divided land),] different for different parts of the land,

the first of the vesting dates is deemed for the purposes of subsection (4)(a) to be the vesting date for the whole of the land.]

(6) [F7 Subsections (5), (5A) and (5B) also apply] for the purposes of calculating interest under the following enactments—

(a) section 11(1) of the Compulsory Purchase Act 1965;

F8 (b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(c) section 85 of the Lands Clauses Consolidation Act 1845;

(d) section 52A of the Land Compensation Act 1973,

and references there to the date or time of entry are to be construed accordingly.

(7) An assessment by the [F9 Upper Tribunal] is treated as being made on the date certified by the Tribunal as—

(a) the last hearing date before it makes its determination, or

(b) in a case to be determined without an oral hearing, the last date for making written submissions before it makes its determination.

(8) Nothing in this section affects—

(a) any express provision in any other enactment which requires the valuation of land subject to compulsory acquisition to be made at a particular date;

(b) the valuation of land for purposes other than the compulsory acquisition of that land (even if the valuation is to be made in accordance with the rules in section 5).

(9) In this section—

(a) a notice of entry is a notice under section 11(1) of the Compulsory Purchase Act 1965;

(b) a payment into court is a payment into court F10 ... under section 85 of the Lands Clauses Consolidation Act 1845.]

Textual Amendments

F1 S. 5A inserted (31.10.2004) by Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004 (c. 5), s. 103(2); S.I. 2004/2593, art. 2(a)

F2 Words in s. 5A(4) inserted (31.1.2024) by Levelling-up and Regeneration Act 2023 (c. 55), ss. 186(7)(a), 255(7) (with s. 247); S.I. 2024/92, reg. 2(m) (with reg. 6(2))

F3 S. 5A(4A) inserted (31.1.2024) by Levelling-up and Regeneration Act 2023 (c. 55), ss. 186(7)(b), 255(7) (with s. 247); S.I. 2024/92, reg. 2(m) (with reg. 6(2))

F4 S. 5A(5A) inserted (3.2.2017) by Housing and Planning Act 2016 (c. 22), s. 216(3), Sch. 17 para. 4(2); S.I. 2017/75, reg. 3(g)

F5 S. 5A(5B) inserted (3.2.2017) by Housing and Planning Act 2016 (c. 22), s. 216(3), Sch. 18 para. 9; S.I. 2017/75, reg. 3(k)

F6 Words in s. 5A(5B)(b) inserted (31.1.2024) by Levelling-up and Regeneration Act 2023 (c. 55), ss. 186(7)(c), 255(7) (with s. 247); S.I. 2024/92, reg. 2(m) (with reg. 6(2))

F7 Words in s. 5A(6) substituted (3.2.2017) by Housing and Planning Act 2016 (c. 22), s. 216(3), Sch. 17 para. 4(3); S.I. 2017/75, reg. 3(g)

F8 S. 5A(6)(b) omitted (13.7.2016) by virtue of Housing and Planning Act 2016 (c. 22), s. 216(3), Sch. 16 para. 1(a); S.I. 2016/733, reg. 3(j)

F9 Words in s. 5A(7) substituted (1.6.2009) by The Transfer of Tribunal Functions (Lands Tribunal and Miscellaneous Amendments) Order 2009 (S.I. 2009/1307), art. 1, Sch. 1 para. 41 (with Sch. 5)

F10 Words in s. 5A(9)(b) omitted (13.7.2016) by virtue of Housing and Planning Act 2016 (c. 22), s. 216(3), Sch. 16 para. 1(b); S.I. 2016/733, reg. 3(j)

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1 S. 5A modified (30.4.2015) by Energy Act 2013 (c. 32), ss. 124(6)(a), 156(1) (with s. 130); S.I. 2015/817, art. 2(a)

C2 S. 5A applied (with modifications) (1.1.2018) by The Water Abstraction (Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2017 (S.I. 2017/1047), regs. 1, 12(1) (with reg. 8)

C3 S. 5A applied (with modifications) (2.12.2020) by The Network Rail (London to Corby) (Land Acquisition) Order 2020 (S.I. 2020/1259), arts. 1(1), 7(4), Sch. 4 para. 2

C4 S. 5A applied (with modifications) (11.2.2021) by High Speed Rail (West Midlands - Crewe) Act 2021 (c. 2), s. 64(1), Sch. 9 paras. 1, 2(9)

C5 S. 5A applied (with modifications) (11.2.2021) by 2017 c. 7, Sch. 9 paras. 1, 2(8B) (as substituted by High Speed Rail (West Midlands - Crewe) Act 2021 (c. 2), s. 64(1), Sch. 9 para. 5)

C6 S. 5A(5A) modified (22.12.2017) by The M20 Junction 10a Development Consent Order 2017 (S.I. 2017/1202), art. 1, Sch. 6 para. 2(2) (with arts. 4, 37)

C7 S. 5A(5A) modified (23.9.2020) by The Midland Metro (Wednesbury to Brierley Hill Land Acquisition) Order 2020 (S.I. 2020/1067), Sch. 2 para. 2