{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-scotland-act-1987/section-23",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-scotland-act-1987/section-23.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1987/26",
  "legislation_title": "Housing (Scotland) Act 1987",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-scotland-act-1987",
  "path": "section/23",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "23",
  "heading": "Improvement of amenities of residential area by development corporations.",
  "text": "A development corporation may for the purpose of securing the improvement of the amenities of a predominantly residential area within its designated area—\n(a) carry out any works on land owned by it;\n(b) with the agreement of the owner of any land, carry out or arrange for the carrying out of works on that land at his or its expense or in part at the expense of both;\n(c) assist (whether by grants or loans or otherwise) in the carrying out of works on land not owned by it;\n(d) acquire any land by agreement.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "S. 23 substituted by Housing (Scotland) Act 1988 (c. 43, SIF 61), ss. 1, 3, Sch. 2 para. 8"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1987/26/section/23",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:52:37.661692+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."
}