A sum awarded as compensation by the Lands Tribunal for Scotland may, if the Tribunal so determine, carry interest as from the date of the award at the same rate as would apply, (in the absence of any such statement as is provided for in M1Rule 66 of the Act of Sederunt (Rules of Court, consolidation and amendment) 1965), in the case of a decree or extract in an action commenced on that date in the Court of Session if interest were included in or exigible under that decree or extract:
Provided that this section shall not affect—
(a)any existing enactment or rule of law whereby and in accordance with which a sum so awarded may carry interest ;
(b)any case in which the hearing has begun before the coming into force of this section.
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