Statutory Instruments
2023 No. 803
Acquisition Of Land, England
Compensation
The Home Loss Payments (Prescribed Amounts) (England) Regulations 2023
Made
13th July 2023
Laid before Parliament
17th July 2023
Coming into force
1st October 2023
The Secretary of State makes these Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 30(5) of the Land Compensation Act 1973( 1 ).
Citation, commencement, extent and application
1. —(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Home Loss Payments (Prescribed Amounts) (England) Regulations 2023 and come into force on 1st October 2023.
(2) These Regulations extend to England and Wales and apply in relation to cases of displacement( 2 ) 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 October 2023.
(2) For the purposes of section 30(1) of the Land Compensation Act 1973—
(a) the prescribed maximum amount of home loss payment( 3 ) is £81,000; and
(b) the prescribed minimum amount of home loss payment is £8,100.
(3) For the purposes of section 30(2) of the Land Compensation Act 1973, the prescribed amount of home loss payment is £8,100.
Revocation and savings
3. —(1) Subject to paragraph (2), the Home Loss Payments (Prescribed Amounts) (England) Regulations 2022( 4 ) are revoked.
(2) The Regulations mentioned in paragraph (1) are to continue to have effect in relation to a displacement occurring before 1st October 2023( 5 ).
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
Dehenna Davison
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State
Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
13th July 2023
1973 c. 26 . Section 30 was substituted by section 68(3) of the Planning and Compensation Act 1991 (c. 34) . There are other amendments not relevant to this instrument.
Section 29(1) of the Land Compensation Act 1973 sets out the circumstances in which a person displaced from a dwelling is entitled to a home loss payment (as defined in that section).
See section 29(1) of the Land Compensation Act 1973 for the definition of home loss payment.
Regulation 3(2) of the Home Loss Payments (Prescribed Amounts) (England) Regulations 2022 makes saving provision in relation to displacements occurring before 1st October 2022.