Land Compensation Act 1973

29 Right to home loss payment where person displaced from dwelling. E+W

(1) Where a person is displaced from a dwelling on any land in consequence of—

(a) the compulsory acquisition of an interest in the dwelling;

(b) the making. . . F1 or acceptance of a housing order. . . F1 or undertaking in respect of the dwelling. . . F2

(c) where the land has been previously acquired by an authority possessing compulsory purchase powers or appropriated by a local authority and is for the time being held by the authority for the purposes for which it was acquired or appropriated, the carrying out of [F3 any improvement to the dwelling or of] redevelopment on the land,

[F4 (d) the carrying out of any improvement to the dwelling or of redevelopment on the land by a housing association which has previously acquired the land and at the date of the displacement is registered under the Housing Associations Act 1985];

[F5 (e) the making of an order for possession on ground 10 or 10A in Part II of Schedule 2 to the Housing Act 1985;]

he shall, subject to the provisions of this section and section 32 below, be entitled to receive a payment (hereafter referred to as a “home loss payment”) from

[F6 (i) where paragraph (a) above applies, the acquiring authority;

(ii) where paragraph (b) above applies, the authority who made the order, passed the resolution, accepted the undertaking or served the notice;

(iii) where paragraph (c) above applies, the authority carrying out the improvement or redevelopment; and

(iv) where paragraph (d) above applies, the housing association carrying out the improvement or redevelopment.]

[F7 (v) where paragraph (e) applies, the landlord.]

(2) A person shall not be entitled to a home loss payment unless throughout a period of not less than five years ending with the date of displacement—

(a) he has been in occupation of the dwelling, or a substantial part of it, as his only or main residence; and

(b) he has been in occupation as aforesaid by virtue of an interest or right to which this section applies.

[F8 and in a case within subsection (i)(d) above, unless the M1 displacement occurred on or after 31st July 1974 (on which date the Housing Act 1974 was passed)]

(3) For the purposes of this section a person shall not be treated as displaced from a dwelling in consequence of the compulsory acquisition of an interest therein if he gives up his occupation thereof before the date on which the acquiring authority were authorised to acquire that interest, but, subject to that, it shall not be necessary for the acquiring authority to have required him to give up his occupation of the dwelling.

[F9 (3A) For the purposes of this section a person shall not be treated as displaced from a dwelling in consequence of the acceptance of an undertaking, of the service of such an improvement notice as is mentioned in subsection (1)(b) above or of the carrying out of any improvement to the dwelling unless he is permanently displaced from it in consequence of the carrying out of the works specified in the undertaking or notice or, as the case may be, of the improvement in question.]

(4) This section applies to the following interests and rights—

(a) any interest in the dwelling;

(b) a right to occupy the dwelling as a statutory tenant within the meaning of the M2 Rent Act 1968 or under a contract to which Part VI of that Act (furnished lettings) applies or would apply if the contract or dwelling were not excluded by section 70(3)(a) or 71 of that Act;

(c) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F10

(d) a right to occupy the dwelling under a contract of employment.

[F11 (e) a right to occupy the dwelling under a licence to which Part IV of the Housing Act 1985 (secure tenancies) applies.]

(5) No home loss payment shall be made to any person displaced from a dwelling in consequence of the compulsory acquisition of an interest therein if the acquisition is in pursuance of the service by him of a blight notice within the meaning of [F12 section 149 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990]. . . F1 or of a notice under section 11 of the M3 New Towns Act 1965. . . F1 .

(6) Where an authority possessing compulsory purchase powers acquire the interest of any person in a dwelling by agreement, then, in relation to any other person who is displaced from the dwelling in consequence of the acquisition, subsections (1) to (4) above shall have effect as if the acquisition were compulsory and the authority (if not authorised to acquire the interest compulsorily) had been so authorised on the date of the agreement.

[F13 (7) In this section “a housing order or undertaking” means–

(a) a demolition or closing order, or an obstructive building order, under Part IX of the Housing Act 1985 (slum clearance);

(b) a closing order under section 368(4) of that Act (closing of multi-occupied house with inadequate means of escape from fire);

(c) an undertaking accepted under section. . . F14 368 of that Act. . . F14 ]

[F15 (7A) In this section—

• “improvement” includes alteration and enlargement; and

• “redevelopment” includes a change of use.]

(8) Where an interest in a dwelling is vested in trustees (other than a sole tenant for life within the meaning of the M4 Settled Land Act 1925) and a person beneficially entitled (whether directly or derivatively) under the trusts is entitled or permitted by reason of his interest to occupy the dwelling, he shall be treated for the purposes of this section as occupying it by virtue of an interest in the dwelling.

. . . F1

(9) This section applies if the date of displacement is on or after 17th October 1972.

Textual Amendments

F1 Words repealed by Land Compensation (Scotland) Act 1973 (c. 56), Sch. 2 Pt. I

F2 Words repealed by Local Government and Housing Act 1989 (c. 42, SIF 81:1), s. 194(4), Sch. 12 Pt. II

F3 Words inserted by Housing Act 1974 (c. 44), s. 130, Sch. 13 para. 38(1)(b)

F4 S. 29(1)(d) substituted by Housing (Consequential Provisions) Act 1985 (c. 71, SIF 61), s. 4, Sch. 2 para. 24(2)(b)

F5 S. 29(1)(e) inserted by Housing and Planning Act 1986 (c. 63, SIF 61), s. 9(3)(a)

F6 Paras. (i) to (iv) substituted for words by Housing Act 1974 (c. 44), s. 130, Sch. 13 para. 38(1)(c)

F7 S. 29(1)(v) inserted by Housing and Planning Act 1986 (c. 63, SIF 61), s. 9(3)(b)

F8 Words added by Housing Rents and Subsidies Act 1975 (c. 6), s. 17(4), Sch. 5 para. 9(b) and continued by virtue of Housing (Consequential Provisions) Act 1985 (c. 71, SIF 61), s. 4, Sch. 2 para. 24(2)(c)

F9 S. 29(3A) inserted by Housing Act 1974 (c. 44), s. 130, Sch. 13 para. 38(2)

F10 S. 29(4)(c) repealed by Land Compensation (Scotland) Act 1973 (c. 56), Sch. 2 Pt. I

F11 S. 29 (4)(e) inserted by Housing and Planning Act 1986 (c. 63, SIF 61), s. 9(3)(c)

F12 Words substituted by Planning (Consequential Provisions) Act 1990 (c. 11, SIF 123:1, 2), s. 4, Sch. 2 para. 29(4)

F13 S. 29(7) substituted by Housing (Consequential Provisions) Act 1985 (c. 71, SIF 61), s. 4, Sch. 2 para. 24(2)(d)

F14 Words repealed by Local Government and Housing Act 1989 (c. 42, SIF 81:1), s. 194(4), Sch. 12 Pt. II

F15 S. 29(7A) inserted by Housing Act 1974 (c. 44), s. 130, Sch. 13 para. 38(3)

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1 References to Rent Act 1968, ss. 70(3)(a) and 71 of that Act, and to a Part VI contract to be construed respectively as references to Rent Act 1977 (c. 42), ss. 19 and 144 of that Act, and to a restricted contract: Rent Act 1977 (c. 42), Sch. 24 para. 1(8) and Interpretation Act 1978 (c. 30), s. 17(2)(a).

Marginal Citations

M1 1974 c. 44.

M2 1968 c. 23.

M3 1965 c. 59.

M4 1925 c. 18.