Local Government (Planning and Development) Act, 1990

Recovery of compensation from planning authority.

8.—(1) All compensation payable under this Act by the planning authority shall, when the amount thereof has been determined by agreement or by arbitration in accordance with this Act, be recoverable from that authority as a simple contract debt in any court of competent jurisdiction.

(2) All costs and expenses of parties to an arbitration to determine the amount of any compensation shall, in so far as such costs and expenses are payable by the planning authority, be recoverable from that authority as a simple contract debt in any court of competent jurisdiction.

(3) Sections 69 to 79 of the Lands Clauses Consolidation Act, 1845 , as amended or adapted by or under the Second Schedule to the Housing of the Working Classes Act, 1890 , or any other Act, shall apply in relation to moneys by this section made recoverable as a simple contract debt as if such moneys were a price or compensation under the said Act as so amended or adapted.

(4) Where money is paid into court under section 69 of the Lands Clauses Consolidation Act, 1845 , as applied by this section, by the planning authority, no costs shall be payable by that authority to any person in respect of any proceedings for the investment, payment of income, or payment of capital of such money.