# Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1972 (repealed 27.5.1997), Section 96: Enforcement by, or by direction of, the Secretary of State.

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(1) If it appears to the Secretary of State, after consultation with the. . . planning authority, to be expedient that a listed building enforcement notice should be served in respect of any land, he. . . may himself serve such a notice; and any notice so served by the Secretary of State shall have the like effect as a notice served by the. . . planning authority.
(2) In relation to a listed building enforcement notice served by the Secretary of State, the provisions of sections 94(3) and 95 of this Act shall apply as if for any reference therein to the. . . planning authority there were substituted a reference to the Secretary of State.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1972/52/section/96 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/town-and-country-planning-scotland-act-1972-repealed-2751997/section-96
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