Planning and Development (Strategic Infrastructure) Act 2006

PART 4

Miscellaneous

Amendment of Acquisition of Land (Assessment of Compensation) Act 1919.

48.— (1) Section 2 of the Acquisition of Land (Assessment of Compensation) Act 1919 , as it stands amended in cases where any compensation assessed will be payable by a planning authority or any other local authority, is amended by inserting the following Rule after Rule (16):

“(17) The value of any land lying 10 metres or more below the surface of that land shall be taken to be nil, unless it is shown to be of a greater value by the claimant.”.

(2) Where the provisions of the Acquisition of Land (Assessment of Compensation) Act 1919 fall to be applied in the assessment of any compensation that a person, other than a planning authority or other local authority, may be liable to pay, a like provision to the Rule inserted by subsection (1) shall be regarded as having effect in relation to the assessment of that compensation.