46Blight: compensation for pre-enactment acquisition
(1)This section applies to land which is blighted land under paragraph 16 of Schedule 13 to the [1990 c. 8.] Town and Country Planning Act 1990 (route of proposed special road “blighted land” for the purposes of Chapter II of Part VI of that Act on the Secretary of State notifying the local planning authority of his intention and identifying the proposed route) by virtue of steps taken by the Secretary of State in relation to the A2 and M2 improvement works.
(2)Where by virtue of section 154(2) of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 (effect of valid blight notice) the Secretary of State is deemed—
(a)to have served a notice to treat in respect of an interest in land to which this section applies, and
(b)to have done so on a date prior to the day on which this Act is passed,
this Act shall be deemed, for the purpose of applying section 6 of the [1961 c. 33.] Land Compensation Act 1961 (disregard of actual or prospective development in certain cases) to the assessment of compensation for the acquisition of the interest, to have been passed before the date on which the notice to treat is deemed to have been served.
(3)In this section, “blight notice” means a notice served under section 150, 161 or 162 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990.
(4)This section shall be deemed to have come into force on 23rd November 1994.