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After section 32Z of the 1960 Act (inserted by section 78), insert—
(1)Section 26 (as modified by section 32) applies in relation to a relevant permanent site—
(a)as if after every reference to “this Part” there were inserted “ or Part 1A ”,
(b)as if after paragraph (a) of subsection (1) there were inserted—
“(aa)for the purpose of inspecting a relevant permanent site,”, and
(c)subject to the further modifications in this section.
(2)If, under an improvement notice or an emergency action notice, a local authority authorises a person other than an officer of the authority to take the action on its behalf, the reference in section 26(1) to an authorised officer of the local authority is to be read as including that person.
(3)In its application to an improvement notice, the requirement in section 26(1) to give 24 hours' notice of the intended entry applies only in relation to the day on which the local authority intends to start taking the action on the relevant permanent site.
(4)In its application to an emergency action notice, section 26(1) has effect as if—
(a)the words “at all reasonable hours” were omitted, and
(b)the words from “Provided that” to the end were omitted.”.
Commencement Information
I1S. 79 in force at 1.5.2017 by S.S.I. 2016/412, art. 2, sch.
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