Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1Sch. 15 applied (with modifications) (23.12.1999) by S.I. 1999/201, art. 26(1)(2)
Sch. 15 applied (with modifications) (23.12.1999) by S.I. 1999/203, art. 27(1)
C2Sch. 15 applied (with modifications) (2.4.2004) by Highland Council (Inverie) Harbour Empowerment Order 2004 (S.S.I. 2004/171), arts. 1, 26 (with arts. 28, 29)
C3Sch. 15 applied (with modifications) (18.1.2006) by Highland Council (Raasay) Harbour Revision Order 2006 (S.S.I. 2006/17), arts. 1, 31 (with art. 35)
9SParagraphs 10 to 14 shall have effect where, after the acquiring authority have made a general vesting declaration in respect of any land, a person claims compensation in respect of the acquisition by the authority of an interest in any land by virtue of the declaration, and the authority pay compensation in respect of that interest.
10SIf, in a case falling within paragraph 9, it is subsequently shown—
(a)that the land, or the claimant’s interest in it, was subject to an incumbrance which was not disclosed in the particulars of his claim, and
(b)that by reason of that incumbrance the compensation paid exceeded the compensation to which the claimant was entitled in respect of that interest,
the acquiring authority may recover the amount of the excess from the claimant.
11SIf in a case falling within paragraph 9, it is subsequently shown that the claimant was not entitled to the interest in question, either in the whole or in part of the land to which the claim related, the acquiring authority may recover from him an amount equal to the compensation paid, or to so much of that compensation as, on a proper apportionment of it, is attributable to that part of the land, as the case may be.
12SAny question arising under paragraph 10 or 11—
(a)as to the amount of the compensation to which the claimant was entitled in respect of an interest in land, or
(b)as to the apportionment of any compensation paid,
shall be referred to and determined by the Lands Tribunal; and in relation to the determination of any such question, the provisions of section 9 of the M1Land Compensation (Scotland) Act 1963 shall apply, subject to any necessary modifications.
Marginal Citations
13SSubject to paragraph 12, any amount recoverable by the acquiring authority under paragraph 10 or 11 shall be recoverable in any court of competent jurisdiction.
14SAny sum recovered under paragraph 10 or 11 in respect of land by an acquiring authority who are a local authority shall be applied towards the repayment of any debt incurred in acquiring or redeveloping that land or if no debt was so incurred shall be paid into the account out of which the compensation in respect of the acquisition of that land was paid.