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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/building-scotland-act-2003/section-32",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/building-scotland-act-2003/section-32.json",
  "legislation": "asp/2003/8",
  "legislation_title": "Building (Scotland) Act 2003",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/building-scotland-act-2003",
  "path": "section/32",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "32",
  "heading": "Exercise of local authority functions",
  "text": "(1) The Scottish Ministers may give local authorities directions of a general or specific character as to the exercise of their functions under this Act.\n(2) Such directions may be given to all local authorities, to a particular local authority or to local authorities of a particular description.\n(3) Subsections (1) and (2) are without prejudice to section 7(10) and (11).\n(4) If the Scottish Ministers so direct, the functions of a local authority under any of sections 25 to 30 and schedule 5 are exercisable by them in place of the authority to the extent specified in the direction; and for the purpose of such exercise, references in those provisions and this Part to a local authority are, so far as necessary, to be read as references to the Scottish Ministers.\n(5) A direction under subsection (4) may be of a general or specific character and may, for example, relate to a particular—\n(a) building or description of building,\n(b) local authority or description of local authority,\n(c) geographical area.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 32 in force at 1.5.2005 by S.S.I. 2004/404, art. 2(1)"
    }
  ],
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  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2003/8/section/32",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T20:16:50.466433+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}