Section 584A: Compensation payable in case of prohibition and demolition orders.

Housing Act 1985 · 1985 c. 68View on legislation.gov.uk

Part XVII: COMPULSORY PURCHASE AND LAND COMPENSATION

Subject to subsection (3), where a relevant prohibition order becomes operative in respect of any premises or a demolition order under section 265 is made in respect of any premises, the local housing authority shall pay to every owner of the premises an amount determined in accordance with subsection (2).

The amount referred to in subsection (1) is the diminution in the compulsory purchase value of the owner's interest in the premises as a result of the coming into operation of the relevant prohibition order or, as the case may be, the making of the demolition order; and that amount—

shall be determined as at the date of the coming into operation or making of the order in question; and
shall be determined (in default of agreement) as if it were compensation payable in respect of the compulsory purchase of the interest in question and shall be dealt with accordingly.

In any case where—

a relevant prohibition order has been made in respect of any premises, and
that order is revoked and a demolition order is made in its place,

the amount payable to the owner under subsection (1) in connection with the demolition order shall be reduced by the amount (if any) paid to the owner or a previous owner under that subsection in connection with the relevant prohibition order.

For the purposes of this section—

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