PART 2 ACQUISITION AND POSSESSION OF LAND

Compensation

14 Set-off for enhancement in value of retained land
1 In assessing the compensation payable to any person in respect of the acquisition from that person under this Order of any land (including the subsoil or airspace), the tribunal shall set-off against the value of the land so acquired any increase in value of any contiguous or adjacent land belonging to that person in the same capacity which will accrue to that person by reason of the construction of the authorised works.
2 In assessing the compensation payable to any person in respect of the acquisition from that person of any new rights over land (including the subsoil or airspace) under article 6 (power to acquire new rights), the tribunal shall set-off against the value of the rights so acquired—
(a) any increase in the value of the land over which the new rights are required; and
(b) any increase in the value of any contiguous or adjacent land belonging to that person in the same capacity,
which will accrue to that person by reason of the construction of the authorised works.
3 The 1961 Act shall have effect, subject to paragraphs (1) and (2), as if this Order were a local enactment for the purposes of that Act.