High Hedges (Scotland) Act 2013

29Notice of discharge

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(1)This section applies where liability for expenses and interest to which a registered notice of liability for expenses relates has been discharged.

(2)The relevant local authority must apply to register a notice (a “notice of discharge”) specifying the matters mentioned in subsection (3).

(3)The matters are—

(a)the date of registration or recording of the notice of liability for expenses to which the notice of discharge relates,

(b)the action taken under section 22 to which that notice of liability relates,

(c)a description of the neighbouring land in respect of which an owner was liable under section 25,

(d)that the liability for the expenses and interest has been discharged,

(e)the name and address of the local authority.

(4)For the purposes of subsection (3)(c) the description must—

(a)in the case of land registered in the Land Register of Scotland, include the title number of the land,

(b)in the case where the title to the land (or a larger area containing the land) is derived from a deed recorded in the General Register of Sasines, identify the land by reference to that deed.

(5)On registration, the notice of discharge discharges the notice of liability for expenses to which it relates.