SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 7Amendments of other enactments

7Land Compensation Act 1973 (c. 26)

1

The Land Compensation Act 1973 is amended as follows.

2

In section 29 (home loss payments) after subsection (3A) there is inserted the following subsection—

3B

For the purposes of this section a person must not be treated as displaced from a dwelling in consequence only of the compulsory acquisition of part of a garden or yard or of an outhouse or appurtenance belonging to or usually enjoyed with the building which is occupied or is intended to be occupied as the dwelling.

3

Sections 34 to 36 are omitted.

4

In section 87(1) (general interpretation) in the definition of “dwelling” “(except in section 29)” is omitted.

5

But the amendments made by this paragraph do not have effect in relation to a compulsory purchase order made or made in draft before the commencement of this paragraph.