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Countryside (Scotland) Act 1967
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49 Camping and caravan sites.S
(1)A local authority shall have power to provide camping sites for holiday or recreational purposes whether for the benefit of the inhabitants of their own area or otherwise, and to manage the sites or lease them to some other person.
(2)A local authority shall have power to do anything appearing to them desirable in connection with the provision of such sites, and in particular—
(a)to acquire land which is in use as a camping site or which has been laid out as a camping site, or
(b)to provide for the use of those occupying camping sites any services or facilities for their health or convenience.
(3)A local authority may make in respect of the use of sites managed by them, and of any services or facilities provided or made available under this section, such reasonable charges as they may determine.
(4)A local authority shall, in the performance of their functions under this section, have power to acquire land compulsorily where it appears to them that a camping site or an additional camping site is needed in their area, or that land which is in use as a camping site should in the interests of the general public be taken over by the local authority.
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Textual Amendments
F1 S. 49(5) repealed (1.4.1996) by 1994 c. 39, s. 180(1)(2), Sch. 13 para. 72(4) Sch. 14; S.I. 1996/323, art. 4(1)(c)(d)
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1S. 49 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
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