Part III Provisions for Benefit of Persons Displaced From Land

Other loss payments

F133GDeath

(1)

This section applies if a person is entitled to a payment under section 33A, 33B or 33C but before a claim is made under section 33E the person dies (the deceased).

(2)

A claim may be made by a person who—

(a)

occupied the land for a period of not less than one year ending with the date on which the deceased is displaced from the land, and

(b)

is entitled to benefit on the death of the deceased by virtue of a ground mentioned in subsection (3).

(3)

The grounds are—

(a)

a testamentary disposition;

(b)

the law of intestate succession;

(c)

the right of survivorship between joint tenants.