Land Compensation (Scotland) Act 1973

27 Right to home loss payment where person displaced from dwelling.S

(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, passing or acceptance of a housing order, resolution or undertaking in respect of the dwelling;

(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 [F1any improvement to the dwelling or of] redevelopment on the land,

[F2(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,]

[F3(e)a requirement to remove from the building containing the dwelling in pursuance of section 13 of the M1Building (Scotland) Act 1959 (dangerous buildings) or any other enactment which requires the demolition of the building on account of its condition,]

[F4(f)an order for recovery of possession of the dwelling under section [F548(2) of the Housing (Scotland) Act M21987] on the ground set out in paragraph 10 of Part I of Schedule [F53] to that Act,]

he shall, subject to the provisions of this section and section 29 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, F7 . . . or accepted the undertaking; and

(iii)where paragraph (c) above applies, the authority carrying out the improvement or redevelopment; F7 . . .

(iv)where paragraph (d) above applies, the housing association carrying out the improvement or redevelopment.][F8and]

[F9(v)where paragraph (e) above applies the authority requiring the removal.]

[F10(vi)where paragraph (f) above applies, the landlord.]

[F11(2)A person shall not be entitled to a home loss payment unless the following conditions have been satisfied throughout the period of one year 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 such occupation by virtue of an interest or right to which this section applies,

but, if those conditions are satisfied on the date of displacement, a payment (referred to in this section and sections 29 and 30 below as a “discretionary payment”) may be made to him of an amount not exceeding the amount to which he would have been entitled if he had satisfied those conditions throughout that period.]

(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.

[F12(3A)For the purposes of this section a person shall not be treated as displaced from a dwelling in consequence of [F13(a)] the carrying out of any improvement to the dwelling [F14or; (b) a requirement to remove as mentioned in subsection (1)(e) above] unless he is permanently displaced from it in consequence of the carrying out of the improvement in question [F15or removal as the case may be.]]

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

(a)any interest in the dwelling;

[F16(b)a right to occupy the dwelling-house—

(i)as a statutory tenant within the meaning of the Rent (Scotland) Act 1984; or

(ii)under a contract to which Part VII of that Act applies or would apply if the contract or dwelling-house were not excluded by section 63(3) to (5) or under section 64(3) respectively of that Act; and]

[F17(bb)a right to occupy the dwelling as a statutory assured tenant within the meaning of the Housing (Scotland) Act 1988;]

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

F18(5). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(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.

(7)In this section “a housing order, resolution or undertaking” means—

(a)a demolition or closing order under Part [F19VI] of the Housing (Scotland) Act [F191987][F20or an order under section [F1988 of that Act]];

(b)a resolution under section [F21125] of the said Act . . . F22; . . . F23

(c)an undertaking accepted under section [F24117(2)(a)] of the said Act . . . F25; [F26or

(d)a final resolution under Part [F27I of Schedule 8 to that Act]]

. . . F28

[F29(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 and a person beneficially entitled (whether directly or derivatively) under the trust 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.

(9)[F30Subject to subsection (2) above,] this section applies if the date of displacement is on or after 17th October 1972 [F31except that, where the displacement is in consequence of the circumstances referred to in subsection (1)(e) above, it applies if the date of displacement is on or after the coming into force of paragraph 12 of Schedule 2 to the M3Housing (Financial Provisions) (Scotland) Act 1978.]

Textual Amendments

F1Words inserted by Housing Act 1974 (c. 44), s. 130, Sch. 13 para. 42(1)(a)

F2S. 27(1)(d) substituted by Housing Rents and Subsidies (Scotland) Act 1975 (c. 28), Sch. 3 para. 9(1)

F3S. 27(1)(e) inserted by Housing (Financial Provisions) (Scotland) Act 1978 (c. 14), Sch. 2 para. 12(a)(i)

F4S. 27(1)(f) inserted by Housing (Scotland) Act 1986 (c. 65, SIF 61), s. 20(2)(a)

F5Words substituted by Housing (Scotland) Act 1987 (c. 26, SIF 61), ss. 335, 339(2), Sch. 23 para. 19(1)

F6Paras. (i) to (iv) substituted for words by Housing Act 1974 (c. 44), s. 130, Sch. 13 para. 42(1)(b)

F7Words in s. 27(1)(ii) and 'and' following para. (iii) repealed (25.9.1991) (subject to limitation referred to in S.I. 1991/2092, art. 4(2), Sch. 2 Pt.II) by Planning and Compensation Act 1991 (c. 34, SIF 28:2), s. 79, 84(6), Sch. 17, Pt.II, para. 20(2), Sch. 19, Pt.IV (with s. 84(5)); S.I. 1991/2092, art. 3