Housing Act 2004

Land Compensation Act 1973 (c. 26)

3 (1) Section 29 (right to home loss payment where person displaced from dwelling) is amended as follows.

(2) In subsection (1)—

(a) for paragraph (b) substitute—

“(b) the making of a housing order in respect of the dwelling;”; and

(b) in paragraph (ii) for the words from “the order” onwards substitute “the housing order;”.

(3) In subsection (3A) for the words from “the acceptance” onwards substitute “the carrying out of any improvement to the dwelling unless he is permanently displaced from it in consequence of the carrying out of that improvement.”

(4) For subsection (7) substitute—

“(7) In this section “a housing order” means—

(a) a prohibition order under section 20 or 21 of the Housing Act 2004, or

(b) a demolition order under section 265 of the Housing Act 1985.”