55Compensation: advance entry
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(1)Where Ministers enter and take possession of land under section 39, compensation is payable—
(a)where the land is subject to a notice to treat, as if sections 83 to 89 of the 1845 Lands Act had applied and been complied with,
(b)where the land is subject to a general vesting declaration, as if the land had already vested in Ministers.
(2)Nothing in section 39 or this section affects a person’s rights to advance payment under section 48 of the Land Compensation (Scotland) Act 1973 (c.56).