Paragraph 34

(1)

Section 8 of the 1979 Act (recovery of compensation) shall be amended as follows.

(2)

For subsection (2)(b) there shall be substituted—

“(b)
the requirement mentioned in subsection (2A) below is fulfilled”.

(3)

After subsection (2) there shall be inserted—

“(2A)
The requirement is that—
(a)
where the monument in question is situated in England, the Commission have caused notice of the payment of compensation to be deposited with the council of each district or London borough in which the monument is situated or (where it is situated in the City of London, the Inner Temple or the Middle Temple) with the Common Council of the City of London;
(b)
where the monument in question is situated in Scotland, the Secretary of State has caused such notice to be deposited with the local authority of each area in which the monument is situated;
(c)
where the monument in question is situated in Wales, the Secretary of State has caused such notice to be deposited with the council of each district in which the monument is situated.”

(4)

In subsection (3) after “his satisfaction" there shall be inserted “ or (as the case may be) has been repaid to the Commission or secured to their satisfaction ”.

(5)

Nothing in this paragraph affects a case where compensation under section 7 of the 1979 Act was paid before the appointed day.