Part 5General
Execution of work
45Compulsory purchase where owner cannot be found
1
This section applies where—
a
a local authority has carried out work under section 29(2) or (3) or 30(4)(b), and
b
the expenses incurred in doing so cannot be recovered from the owner of the building because the owner cannot be found.
2
In such a case the Scottish Ministers may authorise the local authority to purchase the building and its site compulsorily.
3
The Acquisition of Land (Authorisation Procedure) (Scotland) Act 1947 (c. 42) applies in relation to a compulsory purchase under subsection (2) as if that subsection had been in force immediately before the commencement of that Act.
4
The local authority may deduct from the compensation payable on a compulsory purchase under that subsection the amount of the expenses referred to in subsection (1)(b) so far as not otherwise recovered.