Statutory Instrument 1995 No. 2262

The Acquisition of Land (Rate of Interest after Entry) Regulations 1995

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1995 No. 2262

ACQUISITION OF LAND
COMPENSATION

The Acquisition of Land (Rate of Interest after Entry) Regulations 1995

The Treasury, in exercise of the powers conferred upon them by section 32(1) of the Land Compensation Act 1961^[1] and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, hereby make the following Regulations:

Citation and commencement
    1.    These Regulations may be cited as the Acquisition of Land (Rate of Interest after Entry) Regulations 1995 and shall come into force on 31st December 1995.

Rate of interest
    2.—(1)  The rate of interest on any compensation in respect of the compulsory acquisition of an interest in any land on which entry has been made before the payment of the compensation shall be 0.5 per cent. per annum below the standard rate described in paragraph (2).

    (2)  For the purposes of paragraph (1), the standard rate is:
 (a) the base rate quoted by the reference banks and effective on the reference day most recently preceding the day on which the entry onto the land has been made or, where that day is a reference day, such reference day; and
 (b) the base rate quoted by the reference banks and effective on each subsequent reference day preceding payment of compensation.

    (3)  If different base rates are quoted by different banks and effective on a reference day, the rate which, when the base rate quoted by each reference bank is ranked in a descending sequence of seven, is fourth in the sequence is to be used to obtain the standard rate.

    (4)  If more than one base rate is quoted by a reference bank and effective on a reference day, the last quoted rate shall be treated as the base rate quoted by that reference bank and effective on that day.

    (5)  For the purposes of paragraphs (2), (3) and (4):
 (a) the reference banks, in relation to any reference day, are the seven largest institutions—
 (i) authorised by the Bank of England under the Banking Act 1987^[2] and
 (ii) incorporated in and carrying on a deposit-taking business in the United Kingdom,
which quote a base rate in sterling effective as mentioned in paragraphs (2), (3) and (4); and
 (b) the size of an institution is to be determined by reference to its total consolidated gross assets denominated in sterling, as shown in its audited end-year accounts last published before the relevant reference day.

    (6)  In paragraph (5)(b), the reference to the consolidated gross assets of an institution is a reference to the gross assets of that institution together with any subsidiary (within the meaning of section 736 of the Companies Act 1985)^[3].

    (7)  For the purposes of paragraph (2), the reference days are 31 March, 30 June, 30 September and 31 December (or, if any such day is not a business day, the next business day).

Revocation
    3.    The Acquisition of Land (Rate of Interest after Entry) Regulations 1994^[4] are hereby revoked.

Simon Burns

Bowen Wells

Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury

30th August 1995

These Regulations fix the rate of interest payable in respect of any period after they come into force where entry is made onto land in England and Wales which is being purchased compulsorily before payment of compensation. The rate is fixed at 0.5% below the standard rate applying from time to time. The standard rate is the base rate quoted by the seven largest banks authorised under the Banking Act 1987 and quoting sterling base rates on whichever of the reference days most recently precedes the date when the entry onto the land is made and on any subsequent such days before compensation is paid.

These Regulations also revoke the Acquisition of Land (Rate of Interest after Entry) Regulations 1994.

[1] 1961 c. 33. back

[2] 1987 c. 22. back

[3] 1985 c. 6; section 736 was substituted by section 144(1) of the Companies Act 1989 (c. 40). back

[4] S.I. 1994/468. back