Housing (Scotland) Act 1987

9 (1) Before submitting a rehabilitation order to the Secretary of State for confirmation, the local authority, except in so far as the Secretary of State directs otherwise— S

(a) shall publish in one or more newspapers circulating within their district a notice in the prescribed form stating that such an order has been made and describing the land to which it applies, and naming a place where a copy of the order and its accompanying map may be seen at all reasonable hours, and

(b) shall serve on any such person as is specified in sub-paragraph (2) a notice in the prescribed form stating—

(i) the effect of the rehabilitation order,

(ii) that it is about to be submitted to the Secretary of State for confirmation, and

(iii) the time within which and the manner in which objections to the order can be made.

(2) The persons mentioned in sub-paragraph (1)(b) are—

(a) every person on whom notice was served of the making by virtue of section 38 of the Act of 1966 or section 7 of the Act of 1969 of any compulsory purchase order which, at the date of its confirmation, included any land subsequently comprised in the rehabilitation order;

(b) every successor in title of such a person;

(c) every owner, lessee and occupier of the relevant land other than a tenant for a month or a period less than a month;

(d) creditors in heritable securities over relevant land, so far as it is reasonably practicable to ascertain such persons; and

(e) every person on whom notice would have been required to be served under head (c) or (d) whose interest has been acquired under the said section 38 since the clearance area was declared to be such an area or (as the case may be) under the said section 7 since the housing treatment area was declared to be such an area.

(3) A notice under this paragraph shall be accompanied by a statement of the grounds on which the local authority are seeking confirmation of the rehabilitation order.

(4) A notice under this paragraph shall be served in accordance with section 5(3) of and paragraph 19 of Schedule 1 to the Acquisition of Land (Authorisation Procedure) (Scotland) Act 1947.