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Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1972 (repealed 27.5.1997)

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114 Development of land held for planning purposes.

(1) The functions of a. . . planning authority shall include power for the authority, notwithstanding any limitation imposed by law on the capacity of the authority by virtue of its constitution, to erect, construct or carry out any building or work on any land to which this section applies, not being a building or work for the erection, construction or carrying out of which, whether by that authority or by any other person, statutory power exists by virtue of, or could be conferred under, an alternative enactment. (2) This section applies to any land which has been acquired or appropriated by a. . . planning authority for planning purposes and is for the time being held by the authority for the purposes for which it was so acquired or appropriated. (3)(4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (5) The functions of a. . . planning authority shall include power for the authority, notwithstanding any such limitation as is mentioned in subsection (1) of this section, to repair, maintain and insure any buildings or works on land to which this section applies, and generally to deal therewith in a proper course of management. (6) Nothing in this section shall be construed as authorising any act or omission on the part of a. . . planning authority which is actionable at the instance of any person on any ground other than such a limitation as is mentioned in subsection (1) of this section. (7) In this section “alternative enactment” means any enactment which is not contained in this Part of this Act. . . .

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114 Development of land held for planning purposes.

(1) The functions of a. . . planning authority shall include power for the authority, notwithstanding any limitation imposed by law on the capacity of the authority by virtue of its constitution, to erect, construct or carry out any building or work on any land to which this section applies, not being a building or work for the erection, construction or carrying out of which, whether by that authority or by any other person, statutory power exists by virtue of, or could be conferred under, an alternative enactment. (2) This section applies to any land which has been acquired or appropriated by a. . . planning authority for planning purposes and is for the time being held by the authority for the purposes for which it was so acquired or appropriated. (3)(4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (5) The functions of a. . . planning authority shall include power for the authority, notwithstanding any such limitation as is mentioned in subsection (1) of this section, to repair, maintain and insure any buildings or works on land to which this section applies, and generally to deal therewith in a proper course of management. (6) Nothing in this section shall be construed as authorising any act or omission on the part of a. . . planning authority which is actionable at the instance of any person on any ground other than such a limitation as is mentioned in subsection (1) of this section. (7) In this section “alternative enactment” means any enactment which is not contained in this Part of this Act. . . .

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