Part 1Housing standards
Chapter 8Supplemental provisions, including appeals
Supplemental
57Obstructions etc.
1
This section applies if, after receiving notice of the intended action, any person prevents or obstructs any other person from doing anything which that other person is by or under this Part required, authorised or entitled to do.
2
Where this section applies, the sheriff may order the person who prevented or obstructed another person to permit that other person to do all things which the other person reasonably requires to do for the purposes of—
a
complying with any requirement imposed by or under this Part, or
b
doing anything which that other person is by or under this Part authorised or entitled to do.
3
Any person who fails to comply with such an order is guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 3 on the standard scale.
4
This section does not apply in relation to rights conferred by Part 9 (except the right conferred by section 181(4)(a)).