Statutory Instruments
2007 No. 1750
acquisition of land, england
Compensation, england
The Home Loss Payments (Prescribed Amounts) (England) Regulations 2007
Made
15th June 2007
Laid before Parliament
26th June 2007
Coming into force
1st September 2007
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 2007 and shall come into force on 1st September 2007.
(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 2007.
(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 £44,000; and
(b) the prescribed minimum amount of home loss payment shall be £4,400.
(3) For the purposes of section 30(2) of the Land Compensation Act 1973 the prescribed amount of home loss payment shall be £4,400.
Revocation and savings
3. —(1) Subject to paragraph (2), the Home Loss Payments (Prescribed Amounts) (England) Regulations 2006( 3 ) are revoked.
(2) The Regulations mentioned in paragraph (1) shall continue to have effect in relation to a displacement occurring before 1st September 2007.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State
Kay Andrews
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State
Department for Communities and Local Government
15th June 2007
1973 c.26 . Section 30 was substituted by section 68(3) of the Planning and Compensation Act 1991 (c. 34) . These powers are now vested in the Welsh Ministers so far as they are exercisable in relation to Wales. They were previously transferred to the National Assembly for Wales by article 2 of the National Assembly for Wales (Transfer of Functions) Order 1999 ( S.I. 1999/672 ); see the entry in Schedule 1 to the Land Compensation Act 1973. By virtue of paragraphs 30 and 32 of Schedule 11 to the Government of Wales Act 2006 (c. 32) , they were transferred to the Welsh Ministers.
For the definition of “home loss payment”, see section 29(1) of the Land Compensation Act 1973.