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PLANNING AND LAND COMPENSATION ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1971 - SECT 2

Interests qualifying for protection under this Part.

2.(1) An interest in [land] qualifies for protection under this Part if on the
date of service of a blight notice in respect thereof the interest

(a)is that of a resident owner-occupier; or

(b)is that of an owner-occupier

(i)in an agricultural [unit] or part thereof; or

[(ii)in a hereditament the annual value of which does not exceed #2,250.]

(2) In this Part "owner-occupier" in relation to a hereditament means a person
who

(a)occupies, in right of an owner's interest, the whole or a substantial part
of the hereditament and has so occupied the hereditament or that part during
the whole of the period of six months ending with the date of service of a
blight notice; or

(b)occupied, in right of an owner's interest, the whole or a substantial part
of the hereditament during the whole of a period of six months ending not more
than one year before the date of service of a blight notice, the hereditament
or that part thereof, as the case may be, having been unoccupied since the end
of that period.

[(2A) In this Part "owner-occupier" in relation to an agricultural unit means
a person who

(a)occupies the whole of that unit, and has occupied it during the whole of
the period of six months ending with the date of service of a blight notice;
or

(b)occupied the whole of that unit during the whole of a period of six months
ending not more than one year before the date of service of a blight notice,

(3) In this Part "resident owner-occupier" in relation to a hereditament means
an individual who

(a)occupies, in right of an owner's interest, the whole or a substantial part
of the hereditament as a private dwelling and has so occupied the hereditament
or that part during the whole of the period of six months ending with the date
of service of a blight notice; or

(b)occupied, in right of an owner's interest, the whole or a substantial part
of the hereditament as a private dwelling during the whole of a period of six
months ending not more than one year before the date of service of a
blight notice, the hereditament, or that part thereof, as the case may be,
having been unoccupied since the end of that period.

(4) The Ministry may by order substitute for the reference in subsection
(1)(b)(ii) [to #2,250], a reference to such other amount as may be specified
in the order.

(5) In this section "owner's interest" means a freehold interest (whether
legal or equitable) or a tenancy granted or extended for a term of years of
which, on the date of service, not less than three years remain unexpired.

© 1971 Crown Copyright

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