PART 13BLIGHTED LAND
Key terms
323Key terms
(1)
In this Part “blighted land” means land in Wales falling within a paragraph of Part 1 of Schedule 19.
(2)
In this Part “blight notice” means a notice under section 324, 346 or 348 requiring the appropriate authority to purchase an interest in the whole or part of a hereditament or agricultural unit consisting of or including blighted land.
(3)
In this Part “qualifying interest” means—
(a)
an interest in a hereditament or part of a hereditament that meets the first or second condition, or
(b)
an interest in an agricultural unit or part of an agricultural unit that is the interest of an owner-occupier of the unit.
(4)
The first condition is that the interest is the interest of a resident owner-occupier of the hereditament.
(5)
The second condition is that—
(a)
the interest is the interest of an owner-occupier of the hereditament, and
(b)
the annual value of the hereditament does not exceed an amount specified in regulations.
(6)
Parts 2 to 4 of Schedule 19 make provision about the meaning of—
(a)
“owner-occupier”, “resident owner-occupier” and “annual value”,
(b)
“the appropriate authority”, and
(c)
“the appropriate enactment”.