Unemployment (Relief Works) Act, 1940
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Compensation. |
14.—(1) A local authority by whom a vesting order is made in respect of any land shall be liable to pay compensation in respect of the acquisition of such land as if such land had been acquired by such local authority for the purposes of the Public Health Acts, 1878 to 1931. | |
(2) The following enactments, that is to say:— | ||
(a) the Lands Clauses Acts, as amended by the Second Schedule to the Housing of the Working Classes Act, 1890, and | ||
(b) the Acquisition of Land (Assessment of Compensation) Act, 1919 , as amended by the Acquisition of Land (Reference Committee) Act, 1925 (No. 22 of 1925), | ||
in so far as they relate to the fixing and payment of compensation in respect of the acquisition of land by a sanitary authority for the purposes of the Public Health Acts, 1878 to 1931, shall apply and have effect in relation to the compensation payable by a local authority under this section. | ||
(3) Compensation payable under this section by a local authority shall, in default of payment, be recoverable from such local authority as a simple contract debt in any court of competent jurisdiction. |