Section 68: Home loss payments., Planning and Compensation Act 1991

For section 29(2) of the Land Compensation Act 1973 (home loss payment where person displaced from dwelling: period and nature of occupation) there is substituted—

Subsection (5) of that section (no payments where acquisition is in pursuance of blight notice) is omitted.

For section 30 of that Act (amount of home loss payment in England and Wales) there is substituted—

For section 32(1) to (3) of that Act (supplementary provisions about home loss payments) there is substituted—

In section 32(4) of that Act for "five years" there is substituted ." one year "

In section 32(5) of that Act, for "(3) and (4)" there is substituted ." (3) to (4) "

In section 32(7) and (7B) of that Act, after "home loss payment" (in both places) there is inserted and after "required" (in both places) there is inserted ." or discretionary payment "" or authorised "

In section 33 of that Act (caravan dwellers)—

in subsection (2) after "home loss payment" there is inserted ," or discretionary payment "

in subsection (3), for the words following "substituted" (in the second place) there is substituted—ahe has been in occupation of the caravan site by using a caravan stationed on it as his only or main residence; andbhe has been in such occupation of the site by virtue of an interest or right to which this section applies.

for subsection (4) there is substituted—4Section 30 above shall have effect as if the references to a person occupying a dwelling by virtue of an interest in it and to his interest in the dwelling were to a person occupying a caravan site by virtue of an interest in it and to that interest.,

in subsection (5), for paragraph (a) there is substituted—aas if in subsections (3) and (3A) the references to a dwelling were to a caravan site;,and in paragraph (c) for "(3) and (4)" there is substituted ." (3) to (4) "

This section shall have effect in relation to displacements occurring on or after 16th November 1990 but, in the case of claims made before the date on which this section comes into force, no amount is required or authorised to be paid by virtue only of this section before the expiry of the period of one month beginning with the date on which this section comes into force.

Section 68: Home loss payments.

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