# National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978, Paragraph 4


Where any property is acquired in accordance with this Schedule there shall be paid by way of compensation to the owner of the property concerned a sum equal to the price which he might reasonably have been expected to have obtained upon a sale of the property effected by him immediately before the acquisition of the property by the Secretary of State; and any dispute as to the amount of such compensation shall be determined by arbitration; and the compensation shall accrue due at the time when the property vested in the Secretary of State.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1978/29/schedule/13/paragraph/4 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/national-health-service-scotland-act-1978/schedule-13/paragraph-4
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