(1)A local authority may make arrangements for securing the provision in the countryside in their area (whether by the authority or by other persons) of accommodation, meals and refreshments and may for the purposes of such arrangements erect such buildings and carry out such work as may appear to them to be expedient:
Provided that a local authority shall not under this subsection provide accommodation, meals or refreshments except in so far as it appears to them that the facilities therefor are inadequate or unsatisfactory, either generally or as respects any description of accommodation, meals or refreshments, as the case may be.
(2)A local authority may acquire land compulsorily for the purposes of any of their functions under the foregoing subsection.
[F1(3)In this section “local authority”[F2includes a planning authority].]
Textual Amendments
F1S. 50(3) substituted by Local Government and Planning (Scotland) Act 1982 (c. 43, SIF 81:2), s. 9 Sch. 1 Pt. I, Pt. II para. 18
F2Words in s.50(3) substituted (1.4.1996) by 1994 c. 39, s. 180(1) Sch. 13 para. 72(5); S.I. 1996/323, art. 4(1)(c)
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1S. 50 modified (8.9.2000) by 2000 asp 10, s. 9, Sch. 3 para. 5(1) (with s. 32); S.S.I. 2000/312, art. 2