8(1)After paragraph 8 of Schedule 1 to the [1961 c. 33.] Land Compensation Act 1961 (disregard of development in certain cases, including cases where land forms part of a new town area) there shall be inserted the following:
“9(1)This paragraph applies where, before the date of service of the notice to treat for the purposes of a compulsory acquisition (the relevant acquisition), the land has been disposed of by an authority or body in circumstances where paragraph 3 or 3A of this Schedule would have applied if (at the time of the disposal) the authority or body had been compulsorily acquiring the land.
(2)In that case, paragraphs 3 and 3A shall not apply for the purposes of the relevant acquisition.”
(2)This paragraph does not apply where a notice to treat has been served before this paragraph comes into force.