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Public Health Act 1936

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As published

278 Compensation to individuals for damage resulting from exercise of powers under Act.

(1) Subject to the provisions of this section, a local authority shall make full compensation to any person who has sustained damage by reason of the exercise by the authority of any of their powers under this Act in relation to a matter as to which he has not himself been in default. (2) Any dispute arising under this section as to the fact of damage, or as to the amount of compensation, shall be determined by arbitration: Provided that, if the compensation claimed does not exceed fifty pounds, all questions as to the fact of damage, liability to pay compensation and the amount of compensation may on the application of either party be determined by, and any compensation awarded may be recovered before, a court of summary jurisdiction. (3) No person shall be entitled by virtue of this section to claim compensation . . . on the ground that he has sustained damage by reason of any action of a local authority in respect of which the authority are by this Act authorised to pay compensation if they think fit. (4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Your change, as a redline

278 Compensation to individuals for damage resulting from exercise of powers under Act.

(1) Subject to the provisions of this section, a local authority shall make full compensation to any person who has sustained damage by reason of the exercise by the authority of any of their powers under this Act in relation to a matter as to which he has not himself been in default. (2) Any dispute arising under this section as to the fact of damage, or as to the amount of compensation, shall be determined by arbitration: Provided that, if the compensation claimed does not exceed fifty pounds, all questions as to the fact of damage, liability to pay compensation and the amount of compensation may on the application of either party be determined by, and any compensation awarded may be recovered before, a court of summary jurisdiction. (3) No person shall be entitled by virtue of this section to claim compensation . . . on the ground that he has sustained damage by reason of any action of a local authority in respect of which the authority are by this Act authorised to pay compensation if they think fit. (4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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