Special provisions relating to compliance noticesS
14.—(1) The council shall give the Scottish Ministers, on demand, such information as the Scottish Ministers consider that they require in order to exercise their functions under regulation 10.
(2) Where the Scottish Ministers suspect that a person has failed to comply with a notice served under regulation 10(2), they may require the council to take steps to find out whether such a failure has occurred.
(3) Where a council fails to take any step required of it under paragraph (2), the Scottish Ministers may appoint a person, who shall be deemed an inspector for the purposes of these Regulations, for the purpose of taking those steps and the costs of the Scottish Ministers incurred in relation to the appointment and the taking of those steps shall be recoverable from the council, on demand.