Part II Miscellaneous Amendments of the Law Relating to Civil Aviation

Compensation for depreciation due to the use of aerodromes

20 Sound-proofing grants to be taken into account in determining compensation for depreciation. C1

1

In section 4(3) of the M1Land Compensation Act 1973 (which requires the benefit of certain works to be taken into account in assessing the exetent of depreciation of a claimant’s interest due to the use of certain public works, including aerodromes)—

a

at the end of paragraph (a) there shall be inserted the following words “ or under any peovision of a scheme operated by a person managing an aerodrome which provides for the payment of soud-proofing grants in respect of buildings near the aerodrome ”; and

b

at the end of the subsection there shall be added the following paragraph— “ in paragraph (a) above “sound-proofing grants” in relation to any buildings means grants towards the cost of insulating those buildingd or parts of those buildings against noise. ”

2

Amendments cooresponding to those made by subsection (1) above shall be made—

a

in section 4(3) of the M2Land Compensation (Scotland) Act 1973 ; and

b

in Article 7(3) of the M3Land Acquisition and Compensation (Northern Ireland) Order 1973 ;

(which respectively make provision for Scotland and Northern Ireland corresponding to that made for England and Wales by the provision amended by subsection (1).