Housing Act 1957

62 Power of entry on land to be purchased by agreement under Part III or appropriated for the purposes of clearance areas

(1) Where a local authority—

(a) have agreed to purchase land under this Part of this Act, or

(b) have determined to appropriate land for the purposes of the provisions of this Part of this Act relating to clearance areas,

subject to the interest of the person in possession thereof, and that interest is not greater than that of a tenant for a year or from year to year, then, at any time after the agreement has been made, or the appropriation has been approved by the Minister, the local authority may, after giving to the person so in possession not less than fourteen days notice, enter on and take possession of the land or such part thereof as is specified in the notice without previous consent.

(2) The exercise of a local authority's power under the foregoing subsection shall be subject to the payment to the person so in possession of the like compensation for the land of which possession is taken, and interest on the compensation awarded, as would have been payable if the local authority had been authorised to purchase the land compulsorily and that person had in pursuance of their powers in that behalf been required to quit possession before the expiration of his term or interest in the land, but without any necessity for compliance with sections eighty-four to ninety of the Lands Clauses Consolidation Act, 1845.