Land Compensation Act 1973I17

1

The Land Compensation Act 197318 is amended as follows.

2

In section 2919 (right to home loss payment where person displaced from dwelling)—

a

in subsection (1)—

i

after paragraph (e), insert—

f

the making of an order for possession of a dwelling subject to a tenancy which is a secure contract on ground A or ground B of the Estate Management Grounds in Part 1 of Schedule 8 to the Renting Homes (Wales) Act 2016 (anaw 1),

ii

in paragraph (v), after “paragraph (e)”, insert “or (f)”;

b

in subsection (4)—

i

at the end of paragraph (e)(iii), omit “or”;

ii

after paragraph (e)(iv), insert—

v

the licence is a secure contract, or

vi

the licence is an introductory standard contract.

3

In section 3220 (supplementary provisions about home loss payments), after subsection (7B), insert—

7C

Where a landlord obtains possession by agreement of a dwelling in Wales subject to a tenancy which is a secure contract and—

a

notice of proceedings for possession of the dwelling has been served, or might have been served, specifying ground A or ground B of the estate management grounds in Part 1 of Schedule 8 to the Renting Homes (Wales) Act 2016 (anaw 1), or

b

the landlord has applied, or could apply, to the Welsh Ministers for approval for the purposes of estate management ground B of a scheme for the disposal and redevelopment of an area of land consisting of or including the whole or part of the dwelling,

the landlord may make to any person giving up possession or occupation a payment corresponding to any home loss payment or discretionary payment which they would be required or authorised to make to that person if an order for possession had been made on either of those grounds.

4

In section 8721 (general interpretation), in subsection (1), at the appropriate places in alphabetical order, insert—

  • “introductory standard contract” has the same meaning as in the Renting Homes (Wales) Act 2016 (anaw 1) (see section 16 of that Act);

  • “secure contract” has the same meaning as in the Renting Homes (Wales) Act 2016 (see section 8 of that Act);