166.— (1) The amount of the price to be paid by NAMA for land shall, in default of agreement, be fixed under and in accordance with the Acquisition of Land (Assessment of Compensation) Act 1919.

(2) Section 63 and sections 69 to 79 of the Lands Clauses Consolidation Act 1845 apply to the price and, subject to sections 167 and 169 of this Act, to the land acquired. For the purpose of the application of those sections a reference to the promoters of an undertaking shall be construed as a reference to NAMA.

(3) If NAMA or a NAMA group entity exercises its power of entry under section 165, NAMA is liable to pay compensation as if the provisions of the Lands Clauses Acts (within the meaning given by the Schedule to the Interpretation Act 1937) relating to entry on lands had been complied with and to pay interest upon that compensation from the date of entry at the rate applicable to compulsory purchase orders by local authorities in accordance with the provisions of the Housing Act 1966.