Land Compensation (Scotland) Act 1963

Land Compensation (Scotland) Act 1963[a]
Act of Parliament
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Parliament of the United Kingdom
Long titleAn Act to consolidate the Acquisition of Land (Assessment of Compensation) Act 1919 and certain other enactments relating to the assessment of compensation in respect of compulsory acquisitions of interests in land; to the withdrawal of notices to treat; and to the payment of additional compensation and of allowances in connection with such acquisitions or with certain sales by agreement of interests in land; with corrections and improvements made under the Consolidation of Enactments (Procedure) Act 1949
Citation1963 c. 51
Territorial extent Scotland[b]
Dates
Royal assent31 July 1963
Commencement
  • 1 January 1964 (except Part II)
  • 1 March 1971[c][d]
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AmendsSee § Repealed enactments
Repeals/revokesSee § Repealed enactments
Amended by
Repealed by
Status: Amended
Text of statute as originally enacted
Revised text of statute as amended
Text of the Land Compensation (Scotland) Act 1963 as in force today (including any amendments) within the United Kingdom, from legislation.gov.uk.

The Land Compensation (Scotland) Act 1963 (c. 51) is an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that consolidated enactments relating to the assessment of compensation for compulsory acquisitions of interests in land in Scotland.[1]

The Land Compensation Act 1961(9 & 10 Eliz. 2. c. 33) made equivalent provisions for England and Wales.

Provisions

Repealed enactments

Section 47(3) of the act repealed 13 enactments, listed in the fourth schedule to the act.[2]

Citation Short title Extent of repeal
9 & 10 Geo. 5. c. 57 Acquisition of Land (Assessment of Compensation) Act 1919 The whole act.
21 & 22 Geo. 5. c. 11 Acquisition of Land (Assessment of Compensation) (Scotland) Act 1931 The whole act.
2 & 3 Geo. 6. c. 22 Camps Act 1939 Section 2(5).
8 & 9 Geo. 6. c. 33 Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1945 In Schedule 5 as applied by the New Towns Act 1946, paragraph 8.
9 & 10 Geo. 6. c. 68 New Towns Act 1946 Section 4(7). In Schedule 5, the entry relating to paragraph 8 of Schedule 5 to the Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1945.
10 & 11 Geo. 6. c. 53 Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1947 Sections 47, 51, 53, 54 and 112(2). Schedule 7.
12, 13 & 14 Geo. 6. c. 42 Lands Tribunal Act 1949 In section 1(3)(b), the words from "and is" to the end of the paragraph; in section 1(4), the words from "including the power" to the end of the subsection; and section 1(7). Section 3(7). Section 5. In section 7(1), the words "and is not contained in the Acquisition of Land Act". Schedule 1.
12, 13 & 14 Geo. 6. c. 84 War Damaged Sites Act 1949 In section 8(1), the words "in a case to which the Acquisition of Land (Assessment of Compensation) Act, 1919, applies," paragraph (b), and the word "and" preceding that paragraph. Section 8(2).
12, 13 & 14 Geo. 6. c. 97 National Parks and Access to the Countryside Act 1949 Section 103(3).
1 & 2 Eliz. 2. c. 16 Town and Country Planning Act 1953 Section 3(1).
2 & 3 Eliz. 2. c. 73 Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1954 In section 31(1), the words from "by a government" to the end of the subsection. Section 62.
7 & 8 Eliz. 2. c. 70 Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1959 Part I except sections 14 to 16. Section 31(4)(f). Schedules 1 to 3. In Schedule 7, the entries relating to section 51 of the Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1947 and section 62(8) of the Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1954.
1963 c. 11 Agriculture (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1963 Section 22.

Subsequent developments

The act has been amended by the Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1972 and the Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1997.

Section 47(3) of, and schedule 4 to, the act were repealed by section 1 of, and part XI of the schedule to, the Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1974, which came into force on 27 June 1974.[3]

Notes

  1. ↑ Section 49(1).
  2. ↑ Section 49(4).
  3. ↑ The Lands Tribunal Act 1949 (Appointed Day) (Scotland) Order 1971.
  4. ↑ Section 49(2).

References

  1. ↑ "Land Compensation | LexisNexis". www.lexisnexis.co.uk. Retrieved 24 March 2026.
  2. ↑ "Land Compensation (Scotland) Act 1963", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, 1963 c. 51
  3. ↑ "Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1974", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, 1974 c. 22
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