HC Deb 15 May 1973 vol 856 c1441

Lords Amendment: No. 17, in page 9, line 38, leave out from "compulsorily" to end of line 3 on page 10 and insert: acquired, then, if—

  1. (a) the value of that land has been dimin-nished by the public works to which the claim relates; but
  2. (b) the compensation in respect of the compulsory acquisition falls to be assessed without regard to the diminution,
the compensation in respect of the acquisition shall be reduced by an amount equal to the compensation paid or payable on the claim or, if the acquisition extends only to part of the land, to so much of the last-mentioned compensation as is attributable to that part."

Mr. Graham Page

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

This amendment ensures that when part of the claimant's land is acquired and he also has a Part I claim in respect of the rest of his amount of apportionment, compensation is not calculated on a proportional basis directly related to the area of the part taken in the area of the whole but on a value basis, that is, according to the real depreciation affecting the different parts of the land.

Question put and agreed to.

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