Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1954

67 Application of miscellaneous provisions of principal Act

(1) Subsections (5) and (6) of section one of the principal Act (which relate to the functions of the Central Land Board) shall have effect in relation to this Act as they have effect in relation to the principal Act.

(2) Subsection (1) of section ninety-nine of the principal Act, in so far as it confers powers of entry on land, shall have effect as if (in addition to the powers so conferred) it conferred power on any person, being an officer of the Valuation Office or a person duly authorised in writing by the Secretary of State, to enter upon any land, at any reasonable time, for the purpose of surveying it, or estimating its value, in connection with—

(a) an application for a payment under Part I of this Act in respect of that land or any other land, or

(b) a claim for compensation under Part II or Part V of this Act in respect of that land or any other land,

and subsections (4) to (7), and subsection (9), of that section shall have effect accordingly.

(3) Section one hundred and one of the principal Act (which relates to the service of notices) shall apply for the purposes of this Act.

(4) Section eighty-eight and subsection (2) of section one hundred and thirteen of the principal Act (which relate to the determination of questions as to special classes of land) shall apply, for the purposes of this Act, for the determination of any question whether land is land of a class specified in the Sixth Schedule to this Act, as they apply for the determination of questions as to classes of land for the purposes of the principal Act.

(5) Section one hundred of the principal Act (which authorises the Secretary of State to hold local inquiries for the purposes of that Act) shall apply for the purposes of this Act.