(1)Subject to Part II of the M1Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1959 and to the following provisions of this section, a local authority may appropriate for the purpose of any function, whether statutory or otherwise, land vested in them for the purpose of any other such function.
(2)A local authority may not exercise their power of appropriation under subsection (1) above with respect to any land specified in subsection [F1(3)] below except with the consent of the Secretary of State.
(3)The land to which subsection (2) above applies is [F2land which] is held for use as allotments.
Textual Amendments
F1Word substituted by Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Scotland) Act 1981 (c. 23), Sch. 2 para. 33(a)
F2Words substituted by Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Scotland) Act 1981 (c. 23), Sch. 2 para. 33(b)
Marginal Citations