Agriculture (Miscellaneous War Provisions) (No. 2) Act 1940

8 Provisions as to sums payable by owners of land under 3 and 4 Geo. 6. c. 14, s. 29

(1) Where any owner of land is required, in pursuance of section twenty-nine of the Agriculture (Miscellaneous War Provisions) Act, 1940, as amended by this Act, to pay any sum in respect of the expense of carrying out operations under that section, he may by notice in writing served on the Secretary of State within one month after the date when he was so required, elect to pay the said sum together with interest thereon from the said date, by such number of equal annual instalments, not exceeding five, as may be specified in the notice, so however that—

(i) the first instalment shall be paid within one year from the said date; and

(ii) the rate of interest shall, in default of agreement between the owner and the Secretary of State, be fixed by the Treasury.

(2) The Secretary of State shall, in relation to any such sum as aforesaid, have the like power to make a charging order in favour of himself as is conferred on him by section twenty-three of the aforesaid Act as applied to Scotland in relation to amounts payable under subsection (5) of that section.