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Section 21 On payment into court of compensation an addition to be made to meet future expenses.

Where any compensation is required to be paid F1into the F2Senior Courts or Court of Judicature under this Act, there shall be added thereto a sum of thirty pounds as an equivalent for the expenses consequent upon such payment; and upon such compensation, with such additional sum (which shall be deemed part of such compensation), being so paid, the said Secretary of State shall be discharged from all liability in respect thereof; and the Court of Chancery may allot to the tenant for life, or for any other partial or qualified estate, in respect of any expenses of investment incurred by him, any portion of any such compensation which the Court may deem just.

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Textual amendments

F1

Words substituted by Administration of Justice Act 1965 (c. 2), s. 17, Sch. 1

F2

Words in s. 21 substituted (1.10.2009) by Constitutional Reform Act 2005 (c. 4), s. 148(1), Sch. 11 para. 11(2); S.I. 2009/1604, art. 2(d)