Section 596 — Housing Act 1985: Power to compensate shop-keepers in areas affected by clearance.

Power to compensate shop-keepers in areas affected by clearance. 596 Where, as a result of action taken by a local housing authority under the provisions of Part IX relating to clearance areas, the population of the locality is materially decreased, the authority may pay to any person carrying on a retail shop in the locality such reasonable allowance as they think fit towards any loss involving personal hardship which in their opinion he will thereby sustain, but in estimating any such loss they shall have regard to the probable future development of the locality.