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7(1)The price payable for the acquisition of an interest in pursuance of this Part of this Act is 95 per cent. of the value of the interest at the relevant time.E+W
(2)In this Schedule “the relevant time” means the time at which the notice under paragraph 3 above (authority’s notice of proposed terms of acquisition) is served on the person entitled to assistance.
8(1)For the purposes of this Schedule, the value of an interest at the relevant time is the amount which, at that time, would be realised by a disposal of the interest on the open market by a willing seller to a person other than the purchasing authority on the following assumptions—E+W
(a)that none of the defective dwellings to which the designation in question relates is affected by the qualifying defect;
(b)that no liability has arisen or will arise under a covenant required by section 35 or 155 (covenant to repay discount) or paragraph 6(1) of Schedule 8 (terms of shared ownership lease: covenant to pay for outstanding share), or any covenant to the like effect;
(c)that no obligation to acquire the interest arises under this Part of this Act; and
(d)that (subject to the preceding paragraphs) the seller is selling with and subject to the rights and burdens with and subject to which the disposal is to be made.
(2)Where the value of an interest falls to be considered at a time later than the relevant time and there has been since the relevant time a material change in the circumstances affecting the value of the interest, the value at the relevant time shall be determined on the further assumption that the change had occurred before the relevant time.
(3)In determining the value of an interest no account shall be taken of any right to the grant of a tenancy under section 554 (former owner-occupier) or section 555 (former statutory tenant).
9(1)Any question arising under this Schedule as to the value of an interest in a defective dwelling shall be determined by the district valuer in accordance with this paragraph.E+W
(2)The person entitled to assistance or the purchasing authority may require that value to be determined or redetermined by notice in writing served on the district valuer—
(a)within the period beginning with the service on the person entitled to assistance of a notice under paragraph 3 above (authority’s notice of proposed terms of acquisition) and ending with the service under paragraph 5 above of the copy of the agreement drawn up for execution by the parties, or
(b)after the end of that period but before the parties enter into an agreement for the acquisition of the interest of the person so entitled, if there is a material change in the circumstances affecting the value of the interest.
(3)A person serving notice on the district valuer under this paragraph shall serve notice in writing of that fact on the other party.
(4)Before making a determination in pursuance of this paragraph, the district valuer shall consider any representation made to him, within four weeks of the service of the notice under this paragraph, by the person entitled to assistance or the purchasing authority.
10E+WWhere the value of an interest is determined, or redetermined, in pursuance of a notice served under paragraph 9(2)(b) (notice given after service of draft agreement)—
(a)the purchasing authority shall comply again with paragraph 5 (service of draft agreement within three months of terms being settled), and
(b)paragraph 6 (notice to enter into agreement) shall apply in relation to that agreement instead of the earlier one.
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