Statutory Instruments
2005 No. 1635
ACQUISITION OF LAND, ENGLAND
COMPENSATION, ENGLAND
The Home Loss Payments (Prescribed Amounts)(England) Regulations 2005
Made
14th June 2005
Laid before Parliament
23rd June 2005
Coming into force
1st September 2005
The First Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by section 30(5) of the Land Compensation Act 1973( 1 ), makes the following Regulations:
Citation, commencement and application
1. —(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Home Loss Payments (Prescribed Amounts)(England) Regulations 2005 and shall come into force on 1st September 2005.
(2) These Regulations shall apply in relation to cases of displacement in England only.
Revision of prescribed amounts for home loss payment
2. —(1) This Regulation applies where the date of displacement is on or after the date on which these Regulations come into force.
(2) 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 £38,000; and
(b) the prescribed minimum amount of home loss payment shall be £3,800.
(3) For the purposes of section 30(2) of the Land Compensation Act 1973 the prescribed amount of home loss payment shall be £3,800.
Revocation and savings
3. —(1) Subject to paragraph (2), the Home Loss Payments (Prescribed Amounts)(England) Regulations 2004( 3 ) are 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
Yvette Cooper
Minister of State Office of the Deputy Prime Minister
14th June 2005
1973 c. 26 ; section 30 was substituted by section 68(3) of the Planning and Compensation Act 1991 ( 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. 2004/1631 .