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Provisions as to costs. 5.(1) Where the acquiring authority has made an unconditional offer in writing of any sum as compensation to any claimant and the sum awarded by [the Lands Tribunal] to that claimant does not exceed the sum offered, [the Lands Tribunal] shall, unless for special reasons [it] thinks proper not to do so, order the claimant to bear his own costs and to pay the costs of the acquiring authority so far as such costs were incurred after the offer was made. (2) If [the Lands Tribunal] is satisfied that a claimant has failed to deliver to the acquiring authority a notice in writing of the amount claimed by him giving sufficient particulars and in sufficient time to enable the acquiring authority to make a proper offer, the foregoing provisions of this section shall apply as if an unconditional offer had been made by the acquiring authority at the time when in the opinion of [the Lands Tribunal] sufficient particulars should have been furnished and the claimant had been awarded a sum not exceeding the amount of such offer. The notice of claim shall state the exact nature of the interest in respect of which compensation is claimed, and give details of the compensation claimed, distinguishing the amounts under separate heads and showing how the amount claimed under each head is calculated, and when such a notice of claim has been delivered the acquiring authority may, at any time within six weeks after the delivery thereof, withdraw any notice to treat which has been served on the claimant or on any other person interested in the land authorised to be acquired, but shall be liable to pay compensation to any such claimant or other person for any loss or expenses occasioned by the notice to treat having been given to him and withdrawn, and the amount of such compensation shall, in default of agreement, be determined by [the Lands Tribunal]. (3) Where a claimant has made an unconditional offer in writing to accept any sum as compensation and has complied with the provisions of the last preceding subsection, and the sum awarded is equal to or exceeds that sum, [the Lands Tribunal] shall, unless for special reasons [it] thinks proper not to do so, order the acquiring authority to bear their own costs and to pay the costs of the claimant so far as such costs were incurred after the offer was made. (4) ... [The Lands Tribunal] may in any case disallow the cost of counsel. Subs.(5) rep. by 1964 c.29 (NI) s.21 sch.3 (6) Where [the Lands Tribunal] orders the claimant to pay the costs, or any part of the costs, of the acquiring authority, the acquiring authority may deduct the amount so payable by the claimant from the amount of the compensation payable to him. (7) Without prejudice to any other method of recovery, the amount of costs ordered to be paid by a claimant, or such part thereof as is not covered by such deduction as aforesaid shall be recoverable from him by the acquiring authority summarily as a civil debt. Subs.(8) rep. by 1964 c.29 (NI) s.21 sch.3 S.6 rep. by 1964 c.29 (NI) s.21 sch.3
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