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Compensation.
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13.—(1) Where a vesting order is made in relation to any land, the Minister shall pay to every person who had, immediately before the vesting date, any estate or interest therein which has been vested in the Minister, compensation in respect of such estate or interest.
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(2) Where any land which is the subject of a vesting order was, immediately before the vesting date, subject to any easement and the easement has been terminated under this Act, the Minister shall pay to the person who was, immediately before such termination, entitled to the easement, compensation in respect of such termination.
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(3) Subject to subsection (4) of this section, where compensation is payable under subsection (1) or (2) of this section to any person, there shall also be paid to that person interest on the amount of the compensation at the rate of three pounds per cent. per annum from the vesting date, or, in case the compensation is payable in respect of the termination of an easement, the date of termination, to the date when the compensation is paid or, if the compensation is deposited under the Lands Clauses Consolidation Act, 1845, to the date of deposit.
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(4) Where—
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(a) a vesting order is made in relation to any land or any easement is terminated under this Act, and
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(b) the Minister has made an unconditional offer in writing of any sum as compensation in respect of any estate or interest in the land or in respect of such termination, to the person who was entitled to such estate or interest or to such easement, and
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(c) the offer is not accepted by such person, and
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(d) the sum awarded as compensation to such person by the official arbitrator does not exceed the sum so offered,
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no interest shall be paid on such compensation in respect of any period after the date of the offer.
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(5) Notwithstanding anything contained in the foregoing sub-sections of this section, the Minister shall not be liable to pay compensation pursuant to this section to a county authority.
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