Housing and Planning Act 2016

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4(1)Section 5A of the Land Compensation Act 1961 (relevant valuation date) is amended as follows.E+W

(2)After subsection (5) insert—

(5A)If—

(a)the acquiring authority enters on and takes possession of land in pursuance of a notice of entry given as mentioned in paragraph 12 of Schedule 2A to the Compulsory Purchase Act 1965 (“the original land”),

(b)the acquiring authority are subsequently required by a determination under paragraph 27 of Schedule 2A to the Compulsory Purchase Act 1965 to take additional land, and

(c)the acquiring authority enters on and takes possession of that additional land,

the authority is deemed for the purposes of subsection (3)(a) to have entered on and taken possession of the additional land when it entered on and took possession of the original land.

(3)In subsection (6), for “Subsection (5) also applies” substitute “ Subsections (5), (5A) and (5B) also apply ”.

Commencement Information

I1Sch. 17 para. 4 in force at 3.2.2017 by S.I. 2017/75, reg. 3(g)