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(1)Where an acquiring authority have taken possession of any land the authority shall, if a request in that behalf is made in accordance with subsection (2) below, make an advance payment on account of any compensation payable by them for the compulsory acquisition of any interest in that land.
[F1(1A)If the acquiring authority have taken possession of part of the land—
(a)specified in a notice of entry, or
(b)in respect of which a payment into court has been made,
the compensation mentioned in subsection (1) is the compensation payable for the compulsory acquisition of the interest in the whole of the land.
(1B)Notice of entry and payment into court must be construed in accordance with section 5A of the Land Compensation Act 1961.]
(2)Any request under this section shall be made by the person entitled to the compensation (hereafter referred to as “the claimant”), shall be in writing, shall give particulars of the claimant’s interest in the land (so far as not already given pursuant to a notice to treat) and shall be accompanied or supplemented by such other particulars as the acquiring authority may reasonably require to enable them to estimate the amount of the compensation in respect of which the advance payment is to be made.
(3)Subject to subsection (6) below, the amount of any advance payment under this section shall be equal to 90 per cent. of the following amount, that is to say—
(a)if the acquiring authority and the claimant have agreed on the amount of the compensation, the agreed amount;
(b)in any other case, an amount equal to the compensation as estimated by the acquiring authority.
(4)Any advance payment under this section shall be made not later than three months after the date on which a request for the payment is made in accordance with subsection (2) above or, if those three months end before the date on which the acquiring authority take possession of the land to which the compensation relates, on the date on which they take possession as aforesaid.
F2 [( 4A )Where, at any time after an advance payment has been made on the basis of the acquiring authority’s estimate of the compensation, it appears to the acquiring authority that their estimate was too low, they shall, if a request in that behalf is made in accordance with subsection (2) above, pay to the claimant the balance of the amount of the advance payment calculated as at that time.
(5)Where the amount, or aggregate amount, of any payment under this section made on the basis of the acquiring authority’s estimate of the compensation exceeds the compensation as finally determined or agreed, the excess shall be repaid; and if after any payment under this section has been made to any person it is discovered that he was not entitled to it, the amount of the payment shall be recoverable by the acquiring authority.]
[F3(6)If the land is subject to a mortgage sections 52ZA and 52ZB apply.]
(7)Any advance payment on account of compensation in respect of an interest which is settled land for the purposes of the M1Settled Land Act 1925 shall be made to the persons entitled to give a discharge for capital money and shall be treated as capital money arising under that Act.
(8)[F4Before] an acquiring authority make an advance payment under this section on account of compensation in respect of any interest in land they shall deposit with the council of the district or London borough [F5or Welsh county or county borough] in which the land is situated particulars of the payment [F6to be made], the compensation and the interest in land to which it relates;. . . F7
[F8(8A) Any particulars deposited pursuant to subsection (8) above shall be a local land charge and for the purposes of the M2 Local Land Charges Act 1975 the council with whom any such particulars are deposited shall be treated as the originating authority as respects the charge thereby constituted. ]
(9)[F9Where a local land charge is registered in the F10... local land charges register pursuant to subsection (8A) above and the advance payment to which the charge relates is made to the claimant, then if thereafter he] disposes of the interest in the land to, or creates an interest in the land in favour of, a person other than the acquiring authority, the amount of the advance payment [F11together with any amount paid under section 52A]shall be set off against any sum payable by the authority to that other person in respect of the compulsory acquisition of the interest disposed of or the compulsory acquisition or release of the interest created.
(10)Where an advance payment has been made under this section on account of any compensation—
(a)section 76 of the M3Lands Clauses Consolidation Act 1845 and section 9 of the M4Compulsory Purchase Act 1965 (refusal of owner to convey on tender of compensation) shall have effect as if references to the compensation were references to the balance thereof remaining unpaid F12. . .
(11)Where the acquiring authority, instead of taking possession of any land, serve a notice in respect of that land under [F13section 583 of the Housing Act 1985](notice authorising existing occupier to continue in occupation where house acquired for housing purposes) this section shall have effect as if they had taken possession of the land on the date on which the notice is served.
(12)This section shall apply to compensation for the compulsory acquisition of a right over land as it applies to compensation for the compulsory acquisition of an interest in land, and shall so apply with the necessary modifications and as if references to taking possession of the land were references to first entering it for the purpose of exercising the right.
(13). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F14
Textual Amendments
F1S. 52(1A)(1B) inserted (31.10.2004) by Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004 (c. 5), s. 104(2)(a); S.I. 2004/2593, art. 2(a)
F2S. 52(4A)(5) substituted for s. 52(5) (25.09.1991 subject to the restrictions referred to in S.I. 1991/2067, art. 4) by Planning and Compensation Act 1991 (c. 34, SIF 28:1), s. 63(1) (with s. 84(5)); S.I. 1991/2067, art. 3.
F3S. 52(6) substituted (31.10.2004) by Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004 (c. 5), s. 104(2)(b); S.I. 2004/2593, art. 2(a)
F4Word substituted by Local Land Charges Act 1975 (c. 76), s. 19, Sch. 1
F5Words in s. 52(8) inserted (1.4.1996) by 1994 c. 19, s. 66(6), Sch. 16 para. 40(3) (with ss. 54(5)(7), 55(5), 66(7), Sch. 17 paras. 22(1), 23(2)); S.I. 1996/396, art. 4, Sch. 2
F6Words inserted by Local Land Charges Act 1975 (c. 76), s. 19, Sch. 1
F7Words repealed by Local Land Charges Act 1975 (c. 76), s. 19, Sch. 1
F8S. 52(8A) inserted by Local Land Charges Act 1975 (c. 76), s. 19, Sch. 1
F9Words substituted by Local Land Charges Act 1975 (c. 76), s. 19, Sch. 1
F10Word in s. 52(9) omitted (12.4.2015) by virtue of Infrastructure Act 2015 (c. 7), s. 57(5)(e), Sch. 5 para. 33 (with Sch. 5 Pt. 4)
F11Words in s. 52(9) inserted (25.09.1991 subject to the restrictions referred to in S.I. 1991/2067, art. 4) by Planning and Compensation Act 1991 (c. 34, SIF 28:1), s. 70, Sch. 15 para. 24(a) (with s. 84(5)); S.I. 1991/2067, art. 3.
F12Words in s. 52(10) repealed (25.09.1991 subject to the restrictions referred to in S.I. 1991/2067, art. 4) by Planning and Compensation Act 1991 (c. 34, SIF 28:1), ss. 70, 84(6), Sch. 15 para. 24(b), Sch. 19 Pt. III (with s. 84(5)); S.I. 1991/2067, art. 3.
F13Words substituted by Housing (Consequential Provisions) Act 1985 (c. 71, SIF 61), s. 4, Sch. 2 para. 24(6)
F14S. 52(13) repealed by Land Compensation (Scotland) Act 1973 (c. 56), Sch. 2 Pt. I
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