Local authority notices and works affecting listed buildingsS
56 Intimation of local authority notices etc. affecting listed buildings.S
(1)Where, as respects a listed building owned, leased or occupied by a local authority, the authority—
(a)have, under or by virtue of any enactment, served a notice requiring any person to show why the building should not conform to the building regulations,
(b)have, under or by virtue of any enactment, served a notice or made an order requiring the demolition of, or the carrying out of works affecting, the building, or
(c)propose (whether under or by virtue of any enactment or otherwise) to carry out emergency works or demolitions affecting the building,
they shall forthwith give written intimation of the notice, order or proposal to the Secretary of State.
(2)Where the safety of the public requires that any demolition or works be carried out without such delay as would result from compliance with subsection (1), the intimation (which may, in such a case, initially be oral) shall be given as long before the commencement of the demolition or works as is consistent with that requirement.