Jersey Law 25/1991

 

Compulsory purchase of land (procedure) (amendment no. 4) (Jersey) Law 1991

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A LAW   to amend further the Compulsory Purchase of Land (Procedure) (Jersey) Law 1961, sanctioned by Order of Her Majesty in Council of the

 

24th day of July 1991

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(Registered on the 27th day of September 1991)

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STATES OF JERSEY

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The 12th day of February 1991

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THE STATES, subject to the sanction of Her Most Excellent Majesty in Council, have adopted the following Law –

ARTICLE 1

In Article 2 of the Compulsory Purchase of Land (Procedure) (Jersey) Law 1961,1 as amended (hereinafter referred to as “the principal Law”) –

(a)     the Article shall be renumbered as paragraph (1) thereof; and

(b)     after paragraph (1) there shall be inserted the following paragraph –

“(2)      Where under the provisions of a Special Law the power to acquire land by compulsory purchase includes the power to –

(a)     acquire a servitude or other right over land by the creation of a new servitude or right; or

(b)     extinguish or modify a servitude or other right over land,

references in this Law to the acquisition of land or of an interest in land shall be construed as including references to the exercise of any of the powers referred to in sub-paragraph (a) or (b) of this paragraph.”.

ARTICLE 2

After sub-paragraph (bb) of paragraph (1) of Article 9 of the principal Law2 there shall be inserted the following sub-paragraphs –

“(bc) where a servitude or other right over land is acquired by the creation of a new servitude or right and the value of that land is reduced by reason of the acquisition of the servitude or right, the amount of the reduction shall be taken into account;

(bd)  where the value of land entitled to the benefit of a servitude or other right over other land is reduced by reason of the extinguishment or modification of that servitude or right, the amount of the reduction shall be taken into account;”.

ARTICLE 3

This Law may be cited as the Compulsory Purchase of Land (Procedure) (Amendment No. 4) (Jersey) Law 1991 and shall come into force on such day as the States may by Act appoint.

 

C.M. NEWCOMBE

 

Deputy Greffier of the States.