PART XVII

COMPULSORY PURCHASE AND LAND COMPENSATION

Other land Compensation Matters

Power to compensate shop-keepers in areas affected by clearance.
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Where, as a result of action taken by a local housing authority under the provisions of Part IX relating to clearance areas, the population of the locality is materially decreased, the authority may pay to any person carrying on a retail shop in the locality such reasonable allowance as they think fit towards any loss involving personal hardship which in their opinion he will thereby sustain, but in estimating any such loss they shall have regard to the probable future development of the locality.
Pt. XVII (ss. 578-603): power to apply certain functions (with modifications) conferred by Housing Act 1988 (c. 50, SIF 61), s. 65(6)
Pt. XVII (ss. 578-603) applied (1.4.1990) by Local Government and Housing Act 1989 (c.42, SIF 61), ss. 100(2), 195(2); S.I. 1990/431, art. 4 (subject to Sch. 1)