PART IINTRODUCTORY

Title and commencement1

1

This Order may be cited as the Land Compensation (Northern Ireland) Order 1982.

2

This Order shall come into operation on the expiration of one month from the day on which it is made.

Interpretation2

1

The Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954F1 shall apply to Article 1 and the following provisions of this Order as it applies to a Measure of the Northern Ireland Assembly.

2

In this Order—

  • “acquiring authority”, in relation to an interest in land, means the person by whom the interest is, or is proposed to be acquired;

  • “authority possessing compulsory acquisition powers” means a person with power to acquire an interest in land otherwise than by agreement;

  • “Housing Executive” means the Northern Ireland Housing Executive;

  • “person in need” has the same meaning as in the Health and Personal Social Services (Northern Ireland) Order 1972F2;

  • “planning appeals commission” means the planning appeals commission established underF3 Article 110 of the Planning (Northern Ireland) Order 1991;

  • “statutory provision” has the meaning assigned to it by section 1 (f) of the Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954;

  • “transferred provision” has the meaning assigned to it by section 1 (g) of the Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954.

3

For the purposes of section 42 of the Northern Ireland Constitution Act 1973F4 (validity of Acts of the Parliament of Northern Ireland), provisions of this Order which re-enact provisions of an Act of the Parliament of Northern Ireland shall be deemed to be provisions of such an Act.