Statutory Instruments
2006 No. 1658
ACQUISITION OF LAND, ENGLAND
COMPENSATION, ENGLAND
The Home Loss Payments (Prescribed Amounts) (England) Regulations 2006
Made
21st June 2006
Laid before Parliament
28th June 2006
Coming into force
1st September 2006
The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred 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 2006 and shall come into force on 1st September 2006.
(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 1st September 2006.
(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 £40,000; and
(b) the prescribed minimum amount of home loss payment shall be £4,000.
(3) For the purposes of section 30(2) of the Land Compensation Act 1973 the prescribed amount of home loss payment shall be £4,000.
Revocation and savings
3. —(1) Subject to paragraph (2), the Home Loss Payments (Prescribed Amounts) (England) Regulations 2005( 3 ) are revoked.
(2) The Regulations mentioned in paragraph (1) shall continue to have effect in relation to a displacement occurring before 1st September 2006.
Signed by authority of one of her Majesty’s Principal Secretaries of State
Yvette Cooper
Minister of State
Department for Communities and Local Government
21st June 2006
1973 c. 26 . Section 30 was substituted by section 68(3) of the Planning and Compensation Act 1991 (c. 34) . 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. 2005/1635 .