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Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1997

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235 Procedure for assessing compensation.

(1) Where the amount of any such compensation as is mentioned in subsection (1) of section 233 falls to be ascertained in accordance with the provisions of that section, the compensation shall, in default of agreement, be assessed by the tribunal mentioned in subsection (2) below, if apart from this section it would not fall to be so assessed. (2) The tribunal referred to in subsection (1) above shall consist of 4 persons, namely— (a) an advocate or solicitor of not less than 7 years’ standing, appointed by the Lord President of the Court of Session to act as chairman, (b) two persons appointed by the Scottish Ministers’ certificate as persons having special knowledge and experience of the valuation of land and of civil engineering respectively, and (c) for each claim coming before the tribunal, a person selected by the Scottish Ministers, as a person having special knowledge and experience of statutory undertakings of the kind carried on by the claimant, from the members of a panel appointed by those Ministers of persons appearing to them to have such knowledge and experience of statutory undertakings. (3) The Treasury may pay out of money provided by Parliament to the members of the tribunal such remuneration (whether by way of salaries or by way of fees), and such allowances, as the Treasury may determine. (4) For the purposes of any proceedings arising before the tribunal in respect of compensation falling to be ascertained as mentioned in subsection (1), sections 9 and 11 of the Land Compensation (Scotland) Act 1963 shall apply as they apply to proceedings on a question referred to the Lands Tribunal under section 8 of that Act, but with the substitution, in section 11, for references to the acquiring authority, of references to the person from whom the compensation is claimed.

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235 Procedure for assessing compensation.

(1) Where the amount of any such compensation as is mentioned in subsection (1) of section 233 falls to be ascertained in accordance with the provisions of that section, the compensation shall, in default of agreement, be assessed by the tribunal mentioned in subsection (2) below, if apart from this section it would not fall to be so assessed. (2) The tribunal referred to in subsection (1) above shall consist of 4 persons, namely— (a) an advocate or solicitor of not less than 7 years’ standing, appointed by the Lord President of the Court of Session to act as chairman, (b) two persons appointed by the Scottish Ministers’ certificate as persons having special knowledge and experience of the valuation of land and of civil engineering respectively, and (c) for each claim coming before the tribunal, a person selected by the Scottish Ministers, as a person having special knowledge and experience of statutory undertakings of the kind carried on by the claimant, from the members of a panel appointed by those Ministers of persons appearing to them to have such knowledge and experience of statutory undertakings. (3) The Treasury may pay out of money provided by Parliament to the members of the tribunal such remuneration (whether by way of salaries or by way of fees), and such allowances, as the Treasury may determine. (4) For the purposes of any proceedings arising before the tribunal in respect of compensation falling to be ascertained as mentioned in subsection (1), sections 9 and 11 of the Land Compensation (Scotland) Act 1963 shall apply as they apply to proceedings on a question referred to the Lands Tribunal under section 8 of that Act, but with the substitution, in section 11, for references to the acquiring authority, of references to the person from whom the compensation is claimed.

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