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Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1997

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As published

139 Power of Secretary of State to serve enforcement notice.

(1) If it appears to the Secretary of State that it is expedient that an enforcement notice should be served in respect of any land, he may himself serve such a notice under section 127. (2) An enforcement notice served by the Secretary of State shall have the same effect as if it had been served by the planning authority. (3) The Secretary of State shall not serve such a notice without consulting the planning authority. (4) The provisions of this Act relating to enforcement notices apply, so far as relevant, to an enforcement notice served by the Secretary of State as they apply to an enforcement notice served by a planning authority, but with the substitution for any reference to the planning authority of a reference to the Secretary of State, and any other necessary modifications.

Your change, as a redline

139 Power of Secretary of State to serve enforcement notice.

(1) If it appears to the Secretary of State that it is expedient that an enforcement notice should be served in respect of any land, he may himself serve such a notice under section 127. (2) An enforcement notice served by the Secretary of State shall have the same effect as if it had been served by the planning authority. (3) The Secretary of State shall not serve such a notice without consulting the planning authority. (4) The provisions of this Act relating to enforcement notices apply, so far as relevant, to an enforcement notice served by the Secretary of State as they apply to an enforcement notice served by a planning authority, but with the substitution for any reference to the planning authority of a reference to the Secretary of State, and any other necessary modifications.

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