5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 the sanitary condition of the premises thereon or A.D. 1928. (2) Subject as aforesaid, the compensation to (3) In the case of land and premises included in an improvement or reconstruction scheme only for the purpose of making the scheme efficient, and not on account of the sanitary condition of the premises thereon or of those premises being dangerous or prejudicial to health, the compensation to be paid shall be assessed in accordance with the rules contained in Part I. of the First Schedule to this Act. (4) The owner or lessee of any lands and buildings taken compulsorily under Part II. of this Act, shall, if he so desires, be paid by the local authority acquiring the same in lieu of interest on the amount of compensation payable to him in respect of such lands and buildings from the date possession is taken by the local authority in respect thereof to the date of the payment of such compensation, the amount of all rents in respect of such lands and buildings during the said period after deducting therefrom the amount of all outgoings in respect of such lands and buildings during the same period which rents would have been receivable by and which outgoings would have been payable by the said owner or lessee if his property had not been acquired by the local authority, and subject also to a deduction of a sum of five per cent. on the amount of such rents if such rents shall have been collected by the said local authority. A.D. 1928. Repeal. (5) Notwithstanding any provision in this Act, any person having an interest in any lawful trade, business, profession or vocation, which is being carried on or exercised in or on any premises in the area of a scheme (not being 5 premises included in the scheme only to make the scheme efficient) and which premises are acquired by the local authority, shall be entitled to receive from the local authority compensation for disturbance of any such lawful trade, business, 10 profession or vocation as above, but not exceeding one year's profits of such trade, business, profession or vocation carried on or exercised by him in or on such premises for all items of damage for disturbance, and in assessing such 15 compensation regard shall be had to the nature of the claimant's interest in the premises (if any) and the availability of other premises suitable for carrying on or exercising such trade, business, profession or occupation as above or otherwise. 7. Sections thirty-five, thirty-nine, forty and fortysix of the principal Act are hereby repealed. 20 To amend certain provisions in Part II. of the Housing Act, 1925, relating to improvement and reconstruction schemes. Ordered, by The House of Commons, to be Printed, 13 February 1928. To be purchased directly from H.M. STATIONERY OFFICE at the following addresses: 120, George Street, Edinburgh; York Street, Manchester; Amendment. A BILL то Amend certain provisions in Part II of the A.D. 1928. Housing Act, 1925, relating to improvement and reconstruction schemes. B E it enacted by the King's most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, 5 as follows: 1. This Act may be cited as the Housing Act (1925) Short title. Amendment Act, 1928, and shall be construed as one with the Housing Act, 1925, herein referred to as the principal Act. The principal Act and this Act may be cited 10 together as the Housing Acts, 1925 and 1928. 2. Notwithstanding the provisions of section forty- Full comsix of the principal Act, the full value of property taken pensation is, subject to the provisions of this Act, to be assessed to be paid for property and paid in accordance with the Acquisition of Land 15 (Assessment of Compensation) Act, 1919, as modified by certain Part I. of the First Schedule to the principal Act: exceptions. Provided that 20 taken, with (1) The value of any property taken shall be Date when of the scheme comprising such property under estimated. |