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Building (Scotland) Act 1959

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14Power of local authorities to sell materials from demolished buildings

If a building is demolished by a master of works acting under paragraph (b) of subsection (1) of the last foregoing section, or by a local authority acting under subsection (4) of that section, the local authority may sell any building material that arises from such demolition, and if they do so they may set off the proceeds of the sale against any sums recoverable by them from the owner under the foregoing provisions of this Part of this Act, and shall account to the owner for any amount by which the proceeds exceed the aggregate of the sums so recoverable.

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