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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-cladding-remediation-scotland-act-2024/section-10",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-cladding-remediation-scotland-act-2024/section-10.json",
  "legislation": "asp/2024/7",
  "legislation_title": "Housing (Cladding Remediation) (Scotland) Act 2024",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-cladding-remediation-scotland-act-2024",
  "path": "section/10",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "10",
  "heading": "Offence of occupying evacuated premises",
  "text": "(1) A person commits an offence if the person occupies premises when forbidden to do so.\n(2) A person is forbidden to occupy premises during the period that—\n(a) begins with the person’s—\n(i) removing from the premises in accordance with a requirement imposed under section 9, or\n(ii) being ejected from the premises by virtue of a warrant granted under paragraph 3 of the schedule, and\n(b) ends with the first day on which notice is displayed in accordance with section 9(4)(a) that the Scottish Ministers have become satisfied that no-one would be endangered by occupying the premises.\n(3) A person who commits an offence under subsection (1) is liable on summary conviction to—\n(a) a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale,\n(b) a term of imprisonment not exceeding 3 months, or\n(c) both.",
  "extent": "S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 10 not in force at Royal Assent, see s. 39(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I2",
      "text": "S. 10 in force at 6.1.2025 by S.S.I. 2024/370, reg. 2"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2024/7/section/10",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T20:12:09.456285+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."
}