Statutory Instruments
2004 No. 1631
ACQUISITION OF LAND, ENGLAND
COMPENSATION, ENGLAND
The Home Loss Payments (Prescribed Amounts)(England) Regulations 2004
Made
28th June 2004
Laid before Parliament
30th June 2004
Coming into force
1st September 2004
The First Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by section 30(5) of the Land Compensation Act 1973( 1 ), hereby makes the following Regulations:
Citation, commencement and application
1. —(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Home Loss Payments (Prescribed Amounts)(England) Regulations 2004 and shall come into force on 1st September 2004.
(2) These Regulations shall apply to England only and in relation to cases where the date of displacement occurs on or after 1st September 2004.
Revision of prescribed amounts for home loss payment
2. —(1) For the purposes of section 30(1) of the Land Compensation Act 1973—
(a) the prescribed maximum amount of home loss payment( 2 ) shall be £34,000; and
(b) the prescribed minimum amount of home loss payment shall be £3,400.
(2) For the purposes of section 30(2) of the Land Compensation Act 1973 the prescribed amount of home loss payment shall be £3,400.
Revocation and savings
3. —(1) Subject to paragraph (2), the Home Loss Payments (England) Regulations 2003( 3 ) are hereby revoked.
(2) The Regulations mentioned in paragraph (1) shall continue to have effect in relation to a displacement occurring before the date on which these Regulations come into force.
Signed by the authority of the First Secretary of State
Keith Hill
Minister of State,
Office of the Deputy Prime Minister
28th June 2004
1973 c. 26 ; section 30 was substituted by section 68(3) of the Planning and Compensation Act 1991 c. 34 from 25th September 1991 (S.I. 1991/2067 ). The functions of the Secretary of State under section 30(5) were, so far as exercisable in relation to Wales, transferred to the National Assembly for Wales by the National Assembly for Wales (Transfer of Functions) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/672 ), article 2; see the entry for the Land Compensation Act 1973 in Schedule 1 to the Order.
For the definition of “home loss payment”, see section 29(1) of the Land Compensation Act 1973.
S.I. 2003/1706 .