Part 2: Compulsory Purchase Etc Chapter 2: Other provisions relating to compulsory purchase Section 39: Interest on advance payments of compensation
This section makes a technical amendment to section 52A(2B) of the LCA 1973 (inserted by section 196 of the Housing and Planning Act 2016).
	Section 52A(2B) is intended to ensure that in respect of any period in relation to which an acquiring authority is required to pay interest under section 52B, it does not have to pay interest under section 52A on the same amount. Section 52A(2B) currently provides that the interest payable under section 52A(2) is limited to the interest which accrues on the difference between the total amount and "the paid amount". The "paid amount" (as defined in section 52A(2A)) may not, however, always equate to the amount which is accruing interest under section 52B. Section 39, therefore, replaces "the paid amount" with "the amount in respect of which the authority is required to pay interest under section 52B".
	This section extends and applies to England and Wales only.