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Civil Aviation Act 1980

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20 Sound-proofing grants to be taken into account in determining compensation for depreciation.

(1) In section 4(3) of the Land Compensation Act 1973 (which requires the benefit of certain works to be taken into account in assessing the exetent of depreciation of a claimant’s interest due to the use of certain public works, including aerodromes)— (a) at the end of paragraph (a) there shall be inserted the following words “ or under any peovision of a scheme operated by a person managing an aerodrome which provides for the payment of soud-proofing grants in respect of buildings near the aerodrome ”; and (b) at the end of the subsection there shall be added the following paragraph— “ in paragraph (a) above “sound-proofing grants” in relation to any buildings means grants towards the cost of insulating those buildingd or parts of those buildings against noise. ” (2) Amendments cooresponding to those made by subsection (1) above shall be made— (a) in section 4(3) of the Land Compensation (Scotland) Act 1973 ; and (b) in Article 7(3) of the Land Acquisition and Compensation (Northern Ireland) Order 1973 ; (which respectively make provision for Scotland and Northern Ireland corresponding to that made for England and Wales by the provision amended by subsection (1).

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20 Sound-proofing grants to be taken into account in determining compensation for depreciation.

(1) In section 4(3) of the Land Compensation Act 1973 (which requires the benefit of certain works to be taken into account in assessing the exetent of depreciation of a claimant’s interest due to the use of certain public works, including aerodromes)— (a) at the end of paragraph (a) there shall be inserted the following words “ or under any peovision of a scheme operated by a person managing an aerodrome which provides for the payment of soud-proofing grants in respect of buildings near the aerodrome ”; and (b) at the end of the subsection there shall be added the following paragraph— “ in paragraph (a) above “sound-proofing grants” in relation to any buildings means grants towards the cost of insulating those buildingd or parts of those buildings against noise. ” (2) Amendments cooresponding to those made by subsection (1) above shall be made— (a) in section 4(3) of the Land Compensation (Scotland) Act 1973 ; and (b) in Article 7(3) of the Land Acquisition and Compensation (Northern Ireland) Order 1973 ; (which respectively make provision for Scotland and Northern Ireland corresponding to that made for England and Wales by the provision amended by subsection (1).

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