27Compensation in respect of forced sales.E+W+S
(1)Where, in consequence of the confirmation of a compulsory rights order, a person incurs a loss in respect of a forced sale of any property consisting of—
(a)livestock, vehicles, plant, equipment or other chattels which are kept on a holding to which (when the order becomes operative) section seventeen of this Act applies, or which are used for the purposes of such a holding, or
(b)a fixture or building (not falling within the preceding paragraph) which he has removed from such a holding in pursuance of [F1section 10 of the Act of 1986],
he shall, subject to the following provisions of this section, be entitled to compensation from the [F2Corporation] of an amount equal to that loss.
(2)The preceding subsection shall not apply except where the person incurring the loss is the person who is for the time being entitled to occupy so much of the holding as is comprised in the order, or would be entitled for the time being to occupy it if the order had not been made.
(3)A person shall not be entitled to compensation under this section in respect of a forced sale unless he has given to the [F2Corporation] not less than ten days’ notice of the intended sale, and has, before the sale, afforded to the [F2Corporation] reasonable facilities to inspect the property intended to be sold, in so far as he was in a position to afford such facilities.
(4)In the application of this section to Scotland, for the reference to [F3section 10 of the Act of 1986] there shall be substituted a reference to section fourteen of the Scottish Act of 1949.
Textual Amendments
F1Words substituted by Agricultural Holdings Act 1986 (c. 5, SIF 2:3), ss. 99, 100, Sch. 13 para. 3, Sch. 14 para. 29(2)
F2Word in s. 27 substituted by 1987 c. 3, s. 1(2), Sch. 1 para. 7(c)
F3Words substituted by Agricultural Holdings Act 1986 (c. 5, SIF 2:3), ss. 99, 100, Sch. 13 para. 3, Sch. 14 para. 29(3)