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River Improvement Trust Act 1940
sec.11DCompensation for crop damage
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### sec.11D Compensation for crop damage
This section applies if an occupier of relevant land for an improvement notice—
takes action to comply with the notice; and
in taking the action, can not reasonably avoid causing damage to a cultivated crop growing on the land.
The trust must pay the occupier an amount of compensation—
agreed between the trust and the occupier; or
if there is no agreement—decided by the Land Court as being fair compensation for the damage.
s 11D ins 2014 No. 64 s 38
(sec.11D-ssec.1) This section applies if an occupier of relevant land for an improvement notice— takes action to comply with the notice; and in taking the action, can not reasonably avoid causing damage to a cultivated crop growing on the land.
(sec.11D-ssec.2) The trust must pay the occupier an amount of compensation— agreed between the trust and the occupier; or if there is no agreement—decided by the Land Court as being fair compensation for the damage.
- (a) takes action to comply with the notice; and
- (b) in taking the action, can not reasonably avoid causing damage to a cultivated crop growing on the land.
- (a) agreed between the trust and the occupier; or
- (b) if there is no agreement—decided by the Land Court as being fair compensation for the damage.