Land Compensation Act 1973

73 Land affected by slum clearance resolution

(1) Section 192(1) of the Act of 1971 shall have effect as if the land specified therein included land which—

(a) is land within an area declared to be a clearance area by a resolution under section 42 of the [1957 c. 56.] Housing Act 1957; or

(b) is land surrounded by or adjoining an area declared as aforesaid to be a clearance area, being land which a local authority have determined to purchase under section 43 of that Act.

(2) The grounds on which objection may be made in a counter-notice to a blight notice served by virtue of subsection (1) above shall not include those specified in section 194(2)(b) or (c) of the Act of 1971 (no intention to acquire the land).

(3) In relation to land within subsection (1) above " the appropriate enactment" for the purposes of sections 192 to 207 of the Act of 1971 shall be section 43 of the [1957 c. 56.] Housing Act 1957.

(4) Where an interest in land is acquired in pursuance of a blight notice served by virtue of subsection (1)(a) above the compensation payable for the acquisition shall be assessed in accordance with section 59(2) of the said Act of 1957 (site value) and paragraph 2 of Schedule 2 to the [1961 c. 33.] Land Compensation Act 1961 shall not apply.

(5) Where the land in which an interest is acquired as aforesaid comprises a house—

(a) section 60 of, and Part I of Schedule 2 to, the said Act of 1957 (payments in respect of well-maintained houses) shall have effect as if the house had been made the subject of a compulsory purchase order under Part III of that Act as being unfit for human habitation;

(b) Part II of Schedule 2 to the said Act of 1957 and Schedule 5 to the [1969 c. 33.] Housing Act 1969 (payments to owner-occupiers) shall have effect as if the house had been purchased at site value in pursuance of a compulsory purchase order made by virtue of the said Part III;

and references in the said Schedules 2 and 5 to the date of the making of the compulsory purchase order and the date when the house was purchased compulsorily shall be respectively construed as references to the date of service of the blight notice and the date of acquisition in pursuance of that notice.