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MINERAL DEVELOPMENT ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1969 - SECT 38



38.(1) Subject to the succeeding provisions of this section, where damage is
caused, directly or indirectly, either

(a)by working, or doing anything incidental to the working of, mines and
minerals vested in the Ministry, or

(b)by exercising a right of entry or user of land conferred by or under
this Act or the Act of 1959,

(2) Any question arising as to

(a)the entitlement of any person to compensation under this section, or

(b)the amount payable by way of that compensation,

(3) Compensation under this section in respect of damage to land shall not be
payable to any person from whom any land has, or ancillary rights over any
land have, been acquired by the Ministry under this Act and to whom any
compensation is payable under section 14 of the Lands Tribunal and
Compensation Act (Northern Ireland) 1964 by the Ministry in respect of
injurious affection of the first-mentioned land.

(4) In assessing compensation under this section in respect of damage to land
regard shall be had to any benefit which the person entitled to the
compensation may derive from any works which have been or are to be carried
out, or any use of land, by the person causing the damage.

(5) In assessing compensation under this section in respect of damage to land
regard shall also be had to any undertaking given by the person causing the
damage to make alterations or additions to any works, or to construct
additional works, or to vary or abandon any use of land, or to abandon part of
any land acquired or any ancillary rights, or to grant other lands or
easements.

(6) Where for the purpose of assessing the amount of any compensation payable
under this section the value of any land is required to be determined, that
value shall be determined in accordance with rules (2) to (4) of section 2 of
the Acquisition of Land (Assessment of Compensation) Act 1919.

(7) Where the amount of compensation which is payable under this section has
been determined but for some reason it is not possible for the person who is
liable to make the payment to obtain a good discharge therefor, that person
may, or, if the Lands Tribunal so directs, shall, pay that amount

(a)if it does not exceed [#6,000], into the county court; or

(b)if it exceeds [#6,000], into the High Court.

(8) Money paid into the county court or, as the case may be, the High Court
under subsection (7) shall, subject to county court rules or rules of court,
be dealt with according to the orders of the court.

(9) This section shall have effect to the exclusion of section 15 of the Lands
Tribunal and Compensation Act (Northern Ireland) 1964.


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