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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/building-scotland-act-2003/section-43",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/building-scotland-act-2003/section-43.json",
  "legislation": "asp/2003/8",
  "legislation_title": "Building (Scotland) Act 2003",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/building-scotland-act-2003",
  "path": "section/43",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "43",
  "heading": "Unlawful occupation of evacuated buildings",
  "text": "(1) Any person who—\n(a) has removed from a building in compliance with a requirement under section 42, or has been ejected from a building under schedule 5, and\n(b) thereafter occupies the building,\nis guilty of an offence unless notice under section 42(7) has been given to the person.\n(2) A person guilty of an offence under subsection (1) is liable—\n(a) on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum,\n(b) on conviction on indictment, to a fine.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 43 in force at 1.5.2005 by S.S.I. 2004/404, art. 2(1)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2003/8/section/43",
    "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."
}