{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/planning-listed-buildings-and-conservation-areas-scotland-act-1997/section-6",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/planning-listed-buildings-and-conservation-areas-scotland-act-1997/section-6.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1997/9",
  "legislation_title": "Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) (Scotland) Act 1997",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/planning-listed-buildings-and-conservation-areas-scotland-act-1997",
  "path": "section/6",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "6",
  "heading": "Restriction on works affecting listed buildings.",
  "text": "Subject to the following provisions of this Act, no person shall execute or cause to be executed any works for the demolition of a listed building or for its alteration or extension in any manner which would affect its character as a building of special architectural or historic interest, unless the works are authorised.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "S. 6 excluded (11.8.2004) by Stirling-Alloa-Kincardine Railway and Linked Improvements Act 2004 (asp 10), sch. 10 para. 1(1)(a) (with s. 33)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C2",
      "text": "S. 6 excluded (27.4.2006) by Edinburgh Tram (Line Two) Act 2006 (asp 6), s. 72(1)-(4) (with s. 75)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C3",
      "text": "S. 6 excluded (8.5.2006) by Edinburgh Tram (Line One) Act 2006 (asp 7), s. 73(1)-(4) (with ss. 76, 84)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C4",
      "text": "S. 6 excluded (24.7.2006) by Waverley Railway (Scotland) Act 2006 (asp 13), Sch. 9 para. 1(1)-(3) (with ss. 50(2), 51)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C5",
      "text": "S. 6 excluded (15.1.2007) by Glasgow Airport Rail Link Act 2007 (asp 1), sch. 8 para. 1(1)(a) (with s. 50)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C6",
      "text": "S. 6 excluded (19.4.2007) by Edinburgh Airport Rail Link Act 2007 (asp 16), sch. 8 para. 1(1)(a) (with ss. 52, 60)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C7",
      "text": "S. 6 excluded (8.5.2007) by Airdrie-Bathgate Railway and Linked Improvements Act 2007 (asp 19), sch. 8 para. 1(1)(a) (with ss. 48, 59)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C8",
      "text": "S. 6 excluded (18.3.2011) by Forth Crossing Act 2011 (asp 2), ss. 63(1), 80(2) (with ss. 69, 78); S.S.I. 2011/38, art. 2, sch."
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C9",
      "text": "Ss. 6-25 applied (with modifications) (1.10.2015) by The Planning (Listed Building Consent and Conservation Area Consent Procedure) (Scotland) Regulations 2015 (S.S.I. 2015/243), regs. 1, 15, sch. 3 (with reg. 2)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1997/9/section/6",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:28:04.824686+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."
}