{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/land-compensation-northern-ireland-order-1982/article-10",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/land-compensation-northern-ireland-order-1982/article-10.json",
  "legislation": "nisi/1982/712",
  "legislation_title": "The Land Compensation (Northern Ireland) Order 1982",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/land-compensation-northern-ireland-order-1982",
  "path": "article/10",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "10",
  "heading": "Compensation for acquisition of dwelling specially adapted for person in need",
  "text": "The compensation to be paid to a person in respect of any compulsory acquisition of an interest in a dwelling which—\n(a) has been constructed or substantially modified to meet the special needs of a person in need; and\n(b) is occupied by such a person as his residence immediately before the date when the acquiring authority take possession of the dwelling or was last so occupied before that date;\nshall, if that person so elects, be assessed as if the dwelling were land which is devoted to a purpose of such a nature that there is no general demand or market for land for that purpose.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisi/1982/712/article/10",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T04:49:45.469065+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."
}