Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1972 (repealed 27.5.1997)

145 Determination of claims. S

(1) Provision shall be made by regulations under this section—

(a) for requiring claims for compensation under F1 . . . this Act to be determined by the Secretary of State in such manner as may be prescribed by the regulations;

(b) for regulating the practice and procedure to be followed in connection with the determination of such claims;

(c) for requiring the Secretary of State, on determining any such claim, to give notice of his determination to the claimant, and to every other person (if any) who has made, and not withdrawn, a claim for compensation under F1 . . .this Act in respect of the same planning decision, and, if his determination includes an apportionment, to give particulars of the apportionment to any other person entitled to an interest in land appearing to the Secretary of State to be an interest substantially affected by the apportionment.

[F2 (d) for requiring the Secretary of State to pay any compensation determined under this section to the person entitled thereto.]

(2) Subject to subsection (3) of this section, provision shall be made by regulations under this section—

(a) for enabling the claimant or any other person to whom notice of the Secretary of State’s determination has been given in accordance with subsection (1) of this section, if he wishes to dispute the determination, and any other person to whom particulars of an apportionment included in that determination have been so given, or who establishes that he is entitled to an interest in land which is substantially affected by such an apportionment, if he wishes to dispute the apportionment, to require the determination, or, as the case may be, the apportionment, to be referred to the Lands Tribunal;

(b) for enabling the claimant and every other person to whom notice of any determination or apportionment has been given as mentioned in paragraph (a) of this subsection to be heard by the Tribunal on any reference under this section of that determination or apportionment, as the case may be; and

(c) for requiring the Tribunal, on any such reference, either to confirm or to vary the Secretary of State’s determination or the apportionment, as the case may be, and to notify the parties of the decision of the Tribunal.

(3) Where on a reference to the Lands Tribunal under this section it is shown that an apportionment relates wholly or partly to the same matters as a previous apportionment, and is consistent with that previous apportionment in so far as it relates to those matters, the Tribunal shall not vary the apportionment in such a way as to be inconsistent with the previous apportionment in so far as it relates to those matters.

Textual Amendments

F1 Words in s. 145(1) omitted (25. 9. 1991) by virtue of Planning and Compensation Act 1991 (c. 34, SIF 123:2), s. 61, Sch. 13, para. 28(a); S.I. 1991/2092, art.3

F2 S. 145(1)(d) inserted (25. 9. 1991) by Planning and Compensation Act 1991 (c. 34, SIF 123:2), s. 61, Sch. 13, para. 28(b), with s. 84(5); S.I. 1991/2092, art.3