Local Government, Planning and Land Act 1980

3(1)Section 3 of the Lands Tribunal Act 1949 shall continue to be amended as mentioned in this paragraph, notwithstanding the repeal by this Act of paragraph 3 of Schedule 10 to the M1Community Land Act 1975.E+W+S

(2)In section 3 of the Lands Tribunal Act 1949 (rules regulating proceedings before the Land Tribunal) after subsection (6) there shall be inserted the following subsections—

(6A)It is hereby declared that this section authorises the making of rules which allow the Tribunal to determine cases without an oral hearing.

(6B)The rules shall require that the determination without an oral hearing of any disputed claim for compensation which—

(a)is payable in respect of a compulsory acquisition of land, or

(b)depends directly or indirectly on the value of any land,

shall require the consent of the person making the claim.

(6C)Where the Tribunal determine a case without an oral hearing, subsection (3) of this section shall apply subject to such modifications as may be prescribed by the rules.

(3)In sections 3(6)(b) of the M2Lands Tribunal Act 1949 (provision for the Tribunal to sit with assessors) for “sit with" there shall be substituted “ be assisted by ”.

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1The text of Schs. 2, 3, Sch. 4 paras. 1(1)(2)–(4), 10, Sch. 5, Sch. 6 paras. 1, 4–6, 10–16, 21, Sch. 7 Pt. I paras. 2(2)(5)(6), 3(2)(4), 6, 7, 8, Sch. 7 Pt. II paras. 14(1), 15, Sch. 23 Pt. II para. 2, Pt. III paras. 3–7, Pt. V paras. 12–20, Pt. VI para. 21, Sch. 25 Pt. II para. 7, Pt. III para. 8, Pt. IV para. 9, Sch. 26 para. 18, Sch. 33 paras. 1–5, 7, 13, 14 Sch. 34, Sch. 32 Pt. III para. 19 is in the form in which it was originally enacted: it was not reproduced in Statutes in Force and does not reflect any amendments or repeals which may have been made prior to 1.2.1991.

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