SCHEDULE 17 Amendments relating to land compensation in Scotland
Part II Minor and consequential amendments
Land Compensation (Scotland) Act 1963 (c.51)
16
In section 28 (power to prescribe matters relevant to Part IV) of the Land Compensation (Scotland) Act 1963, for the words “The provisions which may be made by a development order shall” there are substituted the words “
Regulations made under section 273(1)(c) of the Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1972 or a development order may
”
.
The 1972 Act
F117
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F218
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Land Compensation (Scotland) Act 1973 (c.56)
19
In section 24 (acquisition of land in connection with public works) of the Land Compensation (Scotland) Act 1973—
(a)
in subsection (2) for the word “vendor” there shall be substituted the word “
seller
”
, and
(b)
in subsection (5), for “and (2)” there is substituted “
(2) and (2A)
”
.
20
(1)
Section 27 of that Act is amended as follows.
(2)
In subsection (1)—
(a)
in paragraph (ii), “passed the resolution” is omitted;
(b)
“and” following paragraph (iii) is omitted; and
(c)
after paragraph (iv) there is inserted “
and
”
.
(3)
“(b)
a right to occupy the dwelling-house—
(i)
as a statutory tenant within the meaning of the Rent (Scotland) Act 1984; or
(ii)
under a contract to which Part VII of that Act applies or would apply if the contract or dwelling-house were not excluded by section 63(3) to (5) or under section 64(3) respectively of that Act; and”.
21
In section 48 (right to advance payment of compensation) of that Act—
(a)
in subsection (8), after “the amount of the advance payment” there is inserted “
together with any amount paid under section 48A
”
, and
(b)
in subsection (9), the words following “unpaid” are omitted.
Local Government, Planning and Land Act 1980 (c. 65)
22
“(5B)
No compensation is payable, by virtue of an order under this section, under Part V of the Land Compensation (Scotland) Act 1963”.