Section 33D: Loss payments: exclusions

Land Compensation Act 1973 · 1973 c.26

Part III: Provisions for Benefit of Persons Displaced From Land

33D(1)

This section applies to a person if—

(a) he is a person to whom section 33A, 33B or 33C applies,

(b) a notice falling within subsection (4) has been served on him in relation to the land mentioned in that section,

(c) at the relevant time the notice has effect or is operative, and

(d) he has failed to comply with any requirement of the notice.

33D(2)

This section also applies to a person if—

(a) he is a person to whom section 33A, 33B or 33C applies,

(b) a copy of an order falling within subsection (5) has been served on him in relation to the land mentioned in that section, and

(c) the order has not been quashed on appeal.

33D(3)

No payment may be made under section 33A, 33B or 33C to a person to whom this section applies.

33D(4)

These are the notices—

(a) notice under section 215 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 (power to require proper maintenance of land);

(b) notice under section 11 of the Housing Act 2004 (improvement notice relating to category 1 hazard);

(c) notice under section 12 of that Act (improvement notice relating to category 2 hazard);

(d) notice under section 48 of the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 or section 138 of the Historic Environment (Wales) Act 2023 (repairs notice prior to compulsory notice of acquisition of listed building).

33D(5)

These are the orders—

(a) an order under section 20 of the Housing Act 2004 (prohibition order relating to category 1 hazard);

(b) an order under section 21 of that Act (prohibition order relating to category 2 hazard);

(c) an order under section 43 of that Act (emergency prohibition orders);

(d) an order under section 265 of the Housing Act 1985 (demolition order relating to category 1 or 2 hazard).

33D(6)

For the purposes of subsection (1)(c), the relevant time is the date on which any of the following occurs—

(a) in the case of a compulsory acquisition which is to be authorised by a compulsory purchase order to which the Acquisition of Land Act 1981 applies—

(i) the compulsory purchase order is confirmed, other than conditionally, under section 13 or 13A of the Acquisition of Land Act 1981;

(ii) the compulsory purchase order is made, other than conditionally, under paragraph 4 or 4A of Schedule 1 to that Act;

(iii) a decision is made under section 13BA(2)(a) of that Act (decision that conditions subject to which order was confirmed have been met);

(iv) a decision is made under paragraph 4AA(2)(a) of Schedule 1 to that Act (decision that conditions subject to which order was made have been met);

(b) in the case of a compulsory acquisition which is to be authorised by any other order, the order is made or confirmed in accordance with the procedures which apply by virtue of the Act under which it is made;

(c) in the case of a compulsory acquisition which does not fall within paragraph (a) or (b) and which is deemed to be authorised following service of a notice by the owner requiring the purchase of their interest, a notice to treat is deemed to have been served;

(d) in the case of a compulsory acquisition which does not fall within paragraph (a), (b) or (c) and which is to be authorised by a special enactment, the enactment is passed.

33D(6A)

In subsection (6)—

  • "special enactment" means—references to a compulsory acquisition are to the compulsory acquisition of the person's interest in land.a local or private Act which authorises the compulsory acquisition of land specifically identified in that Act, ora provision which—is contained in an Act other than a local or private Act, andauthorises the compulsory acquisition of land specifically identified in that Act;
33D(7)

The Secretary of State may by regulations amend subsections (4) and (5).

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