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Public Works Act 1981

Compensation - The claim

87: Amendment of claim

You could also call this:

“You can ask to change your claim, but you need permission”

When you make a claim for compensation under this law, you can’t bring up new information that wasn’t in your original claim. However, you can ask the Land Valuation Tribunal for permission to change your claim.

If you want to change your claim, the Tribunal will decide if you can. They might say you need to tell other people about the changes, pay some costs, or do other things before they allow it.

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Part 5 Compensation
The claim

87Amendment of claim

  1. On the hearing of any claim for compensation under this Act, it shall not be lawful for the claimant to adduce evidence in relation to any matter not disclosed in the claim but he may, with the leave of the Land Valuation Tribunal, amend his claim in any particular.

  2. Such leave shall be granted only on such terms and conditions as to notice to parties, payments of costs, or otherwise as the Tribunal thinks fit.

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  • 1928 No 21 s 74