{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/land-acquisition-and-compensation-northern-ireland-order-1973/article-33H",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/land-acquisition-and-compensation-northern-ireland-order-1973/article-33H.json",
  "legislation": "nisi/1973/1896",
  "legislation_title": "Land Acquisition and Compensation (Northern Ireland) Order 1973",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/land-acquisition-and-compensation-northern-ireland-order-1973",
  "path": "article/33H",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "33H",
  "heading": "Acquisition by agreement or following service of purchase notice or blight notice",
  "text": "(1) This Article applies if—\n(a) an interest in land which is a qualifying interest for the purpose of Article 33A is acquired by agreement by an authority which has power to acquire the interest compulsorily, and\n(b) the interest is acquired from a person who would be entitled to a payment under Article 33A, 33B or 33C if the interest is acquired compulsorily.\n(2) This Article also applies if—\n(a) an interest in land which is a qualifying interest for the purpose of Article 33A is acquired by an authority which has power to acquire the interest compulsorily,\n(b) the interest is acquired from a person who would be entitled to a payment under Article 33A, 33B or 33C if the interest is acquired compulsorily; and\n(c) the interest is acquired in consequence of the service of—\n(i) a purchase notice under section 191 of the Planning Act (Northern Ireland) 2011 (right to require purchase of certain interests); or\n(ii) a notice under Article 5 of the Planning Blight (Compensation)(Northern Ireland) Order 1981 (purchase of blighted land).\n(3) The authority may make a payment to the person of an amount equal to the amount it would be required to pay if the interest is acquired compulsorily.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Arts. 33D-33I inserted (13.5.2016) by Land Acquisition and Compensation (Amendment) Act (NorthernIreland) 2016 (c. 28), ss. 3, 7(2) (with s. 7(3))"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisi/1973/1896/article/33H",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T04:54:24.044667+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."
}