# Railway and Canal Commission (Abolition) Act 1949, Section 3: Determination of questions under Defence of the Realm (Acquisition of Land) Act, 1916.


(1) Any question arising under the Defence of the Realm (Aquisition of Land) Act 1916, as to the compensation payable in respect of the use of land under section four of that Act shall be determined by an official arbitrator appointed under the Acquisition of Land (Assessment of Compensation) Act 1919, such arbitrator to be selected in accordance with rules made by the Reference Committee under section one of the last mentioned Act; and section three, subsections (4) to (8) of section five, and section six of the last mentioned Act shall apply to proceedings for the determination of any such question, subject to the modification that for references to the acquiring authority there shall be substituted references to the authority from whom the compensation is claimed; . . .
(2) In the application of this section to Scotland, “arbitrator” means “arbiter” and, in the application of this section to Northern Ireland, for the reference to the Reference Committee there shall be substituted a reference to the Reference Committee for Northern Ireland and for the reference to the Acquisition of Land (Assessment of Compensation) Act 1919, there shall be substituted a reference to that Act as amended by any Act of the Parliament of Northern Ireland.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/11/section/3 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/railway-and-canal-commission-abolition-act-1949/section-3
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