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Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1997

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132 General provisions relating to determination of appeals.

(1) On the determination of an appeal under section 130, the Secretary of State shall give directions for giving effect to the determination, including, where appropriate, directions for quashing the enforcement notice. (2) On such an appeal the Secretary of State may— (a) correct any defect, error or misdescription in the enforcement notice, or (b) vary the terms of the enforcement notice, if he is satisfied that the correction or variation will not cause injustice to the appellant or the planning authority. (3) The Secretary of State may— (a) dismiss an appeal if the appellant fails to comply with section 130(3) within the prescribed time, and (b) allow an appeal and quash the enforcement notice if the planning authority fail to comply with any requirement imposed by virtue of paragraph (b), (c) or (e) of section 131(1). (4) Where it would otherwise be a ground for determining an appeal in favour of the appellant that a person required by section 127(2) to be served with a copy of the enforcement notice was not served, the Secretary of State may disregard that fact if neither the appellant nor that person has been substantially prejudiced by the failure to serve him.

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132 General provisions relating to determination of appeals.

(1) On the determination of an appeal under section 130, the Secretary of State shall give directions for giving effect to the determination, including, where appropriate, directions for quashing the enforcement notice. (2) On such an appeal the Secretary of State may— (a) correct any defect, error or misdescription in the enforcement notice, or (b) vary the terms of the enforcement notice, if he is satisfied that the correction or variation will not cause injustice to the appellant or the planning authority. (3) The Secretary of State may— (a) dismiss an appeal if the appellant fails to comply with section 130(3) within the prescribed time, and (b) allow an appeal and quash the enforcement notice if the planning authority fail to comply with any requirement imposed by virtue of paragraph (b), (c) or (e) of section 131(1). (4) Where it would otherwise be a ground for determining an appeal in favour of the appellant that a person required by section 127(2) to be served with a copy of the enforcement notice was not served, the Secretary of State may disregard that fact if neither the appellant nor that person has been substantially prejudiced by the failure to serve him.

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