Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1972 (repealed 27.5.1997)

96 Enforcement by, or by direction of, the Secretary of State.S

(1)If it appears to the Secretary of State, after consultation with the. . . F1 planning authority, to be expedient that a listed building enforcement notice should be served in respect of any land, he. . . F2 may himself serve such a notice; and any notice so served by the Secretary of State shall have the like effect as a notice served by the. . . F1 planning authority.

(2)In relation to a listed building enforcement notice served by the Secretary of State, the provisions of sections 94(3) and 95 of this Act shall apply as if for any reference therein to the. . . F1 planning authority there were substituted a reference to the Secretary of State.