Electricity (Supply) (Amendment) Act, 1945
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PART IV. Compensation. | ||
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Assessment of price or of compensation. |
26.—(1) The amount of the price or compensation to be paid by the Board for any land acquired (whether permanently or temporarily) by the Board under this Act to the several persons entitled thereto or having estates or interests therein, or for or in respect of any easement, way-leave, fishery, fishing right, water-right, or other right acquired (whether permanently or temporarily) by the Board under this Act to the owner thereof or to the several persons entitled to or having estates or interests in the land over or in respect of which such right is so acquired shall, in default of agreement, be fixed under and in accordance with the Acquisition of Land (Assessment of Compensation) Act, 1919 . | |
(2) The amount of the compensation to be paid by the Board on account of the termination, restriction or other interference (whether permanent or temporary) by the Board under this Act of or with any easement, way-leave, fishery, fishing right, water-right, or other right over or in respect of any land or water or the diversion, closing, submergence, removal, or other interference (whether permanent or temporary) by the Board under this Act of or with any private road, way, or bridge, or any canal, or other artificial water-way or any artificial water-course or the interference (whether permanent or temporary) with any land by the Board under this Act shall, in default of agreement, be fixed under and in accordance with the Acquisition of Land (Assessment of Compensation) Act, 1919 , in like manner as if such compensation were the price of land compulsorily acquired. | ||
(3) Where any price or compensation is being assessed in pursuance of this section in respect of any property, corporeal or incorporeal, which is occupied, used, or enjoyed with or forms part of any other property, regard shall be had to any benefit in the nature of drainage or improvement of water supply which may reasonably be expected to accrue to such other property by reason of any works executed or in the course of execution or about to be executed by the Board under this Act. | ||
(4) Sections 69 to 83 of the Lands Clauses Consolidation Act, 1845 (as adapted or amended by or under any subsequent Act) shall apply to any price or compensation payable by the Board under this section and to the conveyance to the Board of property, corporeal or incorporeal, acquired by the Board under this Act, and for the purpose of such application the Board shall be deemed to be the promoters of the undertaking. | ||
(5) No action shall lie at law or in equity against the Board or any contractor or any officer or servant of the Board or of any contractor for or on account of any act, matter, or thing in respect of which compensation is payable by virtue of this section. |