Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1972

PART X Blight Notices

Notices served before 8th December 1969 or 18th May 1970

48 In relation to a notice served under section 38 of the Act of 1959 before 8th December 1969 or (in the case of such a notice served by a heritable creditor) 18th May 1970, and to any hereditament or agricultural unit which is the subject of the notice, sections 183 to 196 of this Act shall, on and after that date, have effect as if they contained the provisions in Part IV of and Schedule 5 to the Act of 1959 without any of the amendments made by Part IV of the Act of 1969.

Temporary inclusion of additional description of blighted land

49 (1) For the purposes of the application of sections 181 to 196 of this Act to an area to which this paragraph applies—

(a) the description of land contained in section 38(1)(b) of the Act of 1959 shall be included among the specified descriptions as defined in section 181(6) of this Act; and

(b) in sections 182(3) and 195(2) of this Act references to paragraph (b) of section 181(1) of this Act shall include references to the said section 38(1)(b).

(2) This paragraph applies to any area for which no local plan is in force under Part II of this Act—

(a) allocating any land in the area for the purposes of such functions as are mentioned in section 18I(1)(a) of this Act; or

(b) defining any land in the area as the site of proposed development for the purposes of any such functions.