HC Deb 04 February 1942 vol 377 cc1231-2
Mr. Spens

I beg to move, in page 5, line 41, after "unless," to insert "before the payment is made."

This Amendment and the subsequent one both go to the same point—that in the Bill as drafted there seems doubt as to what authority is referred to, and the two Amendments define the authority which is meant.

Amendment agreed to.

Further Amendment made: In page 5, line 42, leave out "before the payment is made," and insert: by whom possession of the land comprised in the lease has been taken."—[Mr. Spens.]

The Solicitor-General

I beg to move, in page 6, line 2, at the end, to insert: The payment of compensation as aforesaid to the said person as agent of the landlord shall not be taken as implying that the landlord is bound by any agreement made between that person and the said authority as to the amount of the compensation. We want to make it plain that if there is an agreement between the agent of the landlord and the requisitioning authority to which the landlord is not a party it does not bind the landlord.

Amendment agreed to.

The Solicitor-General

I beg to move, in page 6, line 6, to leave out from "tenant," to the end of line 13, and to insert: any compensation under paragraph (a) of subsection (1) of section two of the Compensation (Defence) Act, 1939, accruing due in respect of the land during the period beginning with the material date and ending with the date on which the notice of disclaimer becomes effective or, as the case may be, is decided by the court to be of no effect shall, for the purposes of section eleven of the said Act (which limits the time for claiming compensation), be deemed only to accrue due at the end of the said period. This Amendment is really a clarification, intended to make it plain that during a period of uncertainty when one does not know whether or not a disclaimer is effective or not, there shall be no running of the time against a person who might have a claim under the Compensation Act. In these circumstances the period within which a claim can be made runs from the date when the notice of disclaimer becomes effective or when the notice of disclaimer is found not to be effective.

Amendment agreed to.

Clause, as amended, ordered to stand part of the Bill.