HC Deb 22 November 1954 vol 533 c909

In page 53, line 13, leave out from "if" to end of line.—[Several with Special Entries.]

Lords Amendment: In page 53, line 17, at end insert: Provided that where the same person is entitled to such compensation as aforesaid in respect of more than one relevant holding, or in respect of more than one interest, or in respect both of more than one relevant holding and of more than one interest, the aggregate principal amount payable to that person by way of such compensation in respect of all interests in respect of which he is so entitled in so far as they subsisted in the same land shall not exceed whichever is the less of the following amounts, that is to say—

  1. (i) the aggregate of the amounts by which the value of each respectively of those interests in so far as it subsisted in that land was depreciated by the decision or order; or
  2. (ii) the aggregate of the fractions of the respective values of all relevant holdings of which that person is the holder which attached to that land.

Mr. Deedes

I beg to move, "That this House doth agree with the Lords in the said Amendment."

This Amendment is consequential upon the next Amendment, which is the only one of consequence in this Clause. It provides for cases where the same person is able to claim in respect of more than one interest in land affected by the decision or in respect of more than one claim holding relating to that land. It ensures that he will not, when the sum comes to be worked out, get more than the aggregate depreciation which he sustained, or the aggregate of his claim holdings, if that be less. It is really a kind of mathematical ceiling to what he is entitled to receive.

The other Amendments which follow here are drafting Amendments, which are really consequential upon this one.

Subsequent Lords Amendments agreed to: In page 53, line 18, leave out from "If" to third "the."

In line 20, leave out "was" and insert "is."

In line 25, leave out "were and were" and insert "are and are."