Section 105 Repairs notice as preliminary to compulsory acquisition under s. 104.

Scotland

(1)

Neither a. . . F1 planning authority nor the Secretary of State shall start the compulsory purchase of a building under section 104 of this Act unless at least two months previously they have served on the owner of the building, and not withdrawn, a notice under this section (in this section referred to as a “repairs notice”)—

(a)

specifying the works which they consider reasonably necessary for the proper preservation of the building; and

(b)

explaining the effect of sections 104 to 107 of this Act.

(2)

Where a. . . planning authority or the Secretary of State have served a repairs notice, the demolition of the building thereafter shall not prevent them from being authorised under section 104 of this Act to acquire compulsorily the site of the building, if the Secretary of State is satisfied that he would have confirmed or, as the case may be, would have made a compulsory purchase order in respect of the building had it not been demolished.

(3)

A. . . planning authority or the Secretary of State may at any time withdraw a repairs notice served by them; and if they do so, they shall forthwith give notice of the withdrawal to the person who was served with the notice.

(4)

For the purposes of this section a compulsory acquisition is started when the. . . planning authority or the Secretary of State, as the case may be, serve the notice required by paragraph 3(b) of Schedule 1 to the M1Acquisition of Land (Authorisation Procedure) (Scotland) Act 1947.