Land Compensation (Scotland) Act 1973

68 Land affected by orders relating to new towns

(1) Section 181(1) of the Act of 1972 shall have effect as if the land specified therein included land which—

(a) is land within an area described as the site of a proposed new town in the draft of an order in respect of which a notice has been published under paragraph 2 of Schedule 1 to the [1968 c. 16.] New Towns (Scotland) Act 1968 ; or

(b) is land within an area designated as the site of a proposed new town by an order which has come into operation under section 1 of the said Act of 1968.

(2) No blight notice shall be served by virtue of subsection (1)(a) above at any time after the order there mentioned has come into operation (whether in the form of the draft or with modifications) or the Secretary of State has decided not to make the order.

(3) Until such time as a development corporation is established for the new town, sections 181 to 196 of the Act of 1972 shall have effect in relation to land within subsection (1) above as if " the appropriate authority " and the " appropriate enactment " were the Secretary of State and subsection (4) below respectively.

(4) Until such time as aforesaid the Secretary of State shall have power to acquire compulsorily any interest in land in pursuance of a blight notice served by virtue of subsection (1) above; and where he acquires an interest as aforesaid, then—

(a) if the land is or becomes land within subsection (1)(b) above, the interest shall be transferred by him to the development corporation established for the new town ; and

(b) in any other case, the interest may be disposed of by him in such manner as he thinks fit.

(5) The [1963 c. 51.] Land Compensation (Scotland) Act 1963 shall have effect in relation to the compensation payable in respect of the acquisition of an interest by the Secretary of State under subsection (4) above as if the acquisition were by a development corporation under the New Towns (Scotland) Act 1968 and as if, in the case of land within subsection (1)(o) above, the land formed part of an area designated as the site of a new town by an order which has come into operation under section 1 of the said Act of 1968.