{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/compensation-defence-act-1939/section-15",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/compensation-defence-act-1939/section-15.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/Geo6/2-3/75",
  "legislation_title": "Compensation (Defence) Act 1939",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/compensation-defence-act-1939",
  "path": "section/15",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "15",
  "heading": "Compensation payable apart from the Act.",
  "text": "The provisions of this Act shall be without prejudice to any agreement for the making of any payment (whether by way of compensation or otherwise) in respect of the doing of anything on behalf of His Majesty in the exercise of emergency powers; but, where compensation in respect of the doing of anything as aforesaid, would, apart from this section, be payable both under this Act and under some other enactment or rule of law, then, subject to any such agreement as aforesaid, the compensation shall be payable in accordance with this Act and not otherwise.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "S. 15 applied by Landlord and Tenant (Requisitioned Land) Act 1944 (c. 5), s. 3(3); applied with modifications by Public Works (Festival of Britain) Act 1949 (c. 26), s. 5(8)(b); saved by Requisitioned Land and War Works Act 1945 (c. 43), ss. 23 proviso (b), 47"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo6/2-3/75/section/15",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T11:32:10.639747+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}