# Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973, Paragraph 10

Extent: S

In section 13 (action to be taken in respect of buildings found to be dangerous)—
(a) in subsection (1) for any reference to a master of works there shall be substituted a reference to a local authority;
(b) in subsection (2) for the words after “that paragraph” there shall be substituted the words “the local authority, after giving the owner and any other person appearing to them to have an interest an opportunity to be heard, may make an order requiring the owner to execute the said operation within such period as shall be stated in the order.”;
(c) for subsection (4) there shall be substituted the following subsection—
“(4) If an order under subsection (2) above is not duly complied with, the local authority may execute the operations which the owner has failed to execute or demolish the building.”;
(d) in subsection (5) for the words from “or a” to “his functions” there shall be substituted the words “in executing their functions”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1973/65/schedule/15/paragraph/10 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-scotland-act-1973/schedule-15/paragraph-10
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