Land Drainage (Scotland) Act 1958

2. Introductory Text

1. Application for improvement order and making of order by Secretary of State.

3. 2. Contents of improvement order.

4. 3. Improvement committee.

5. 4. Repair of damage and compensation.

6. 5. Provisions regarding liability of authorised persons under improvement order.

7. 6. Variation in rent of agricultural holding in consequence of execution of works thereon.

8. 7. Secretary of State may execute works by agreement.

9. 8. Secretary of State may require execution or maintenance of works.

10. 9. Exchequer grants in respect of cost of improvement.

11. 10. Secretary of State may require certain information.

12. 11. Provisions as to entry and inspection.

13. 12. Notices, etc.

14. 13. Miscellaneous provisions as to orders.

15. 14. References to Land Court.

16. 15. Financial provisions.

17. 16. Crown rights.

18. 17. Provision as to work involving alteration of telegraphic lines.

19. 18. Interpretation.

20. 19. Short title, repeal and extent.

21. SCHEDULES

    1. FIRST SCHEDULE

       Procedure for making improvement orders and orders varying or revoking improvement orders and as to the validity of orders

       1. Part I

          1. Procedure for making improvement orders

             1. 1. Before making an improvement order the Secretary of State shall...

             2. 2. If no objection is duly made under the foregoing paragraph...

             3. 3. If any objection duly made as aforesaid is not withdrawn,...

             4. 4. Where the Secretary of State proposes to make any modification...

             5. 5. Where the Secretary of State decides to proceed with a...

             6. 6. On the expiry of the period of twenty-eight days referred...

             7. 7. Where any owner on whom a notice has been served...

             8. 8. The Secretary of State may, if it appears to him...

       2. Part II

          1. Procedure for making orders varying or revoking improvement orders

             1. 9. Before making an order varying or revoking an improvement order...

             2. 10. If no objection is duly made under the foregoing paragraph...

             3. 11. If any objection duly made as aforesaid is not withdrawn,...

             4. 12. Where the Secretary of State proposes to make any modification...

       3. Part III

          1. General procedural provisions

             1. 13. Notwithstanding anything in paragraph 3 or 11 of this Schedule,...

             2. 14. The provisions of subsections (2) to (8) of section two...

       4. Part IV

          1. Provisions as to the validity of improvement orders and of orders varying or revoking improvement orders

             1. 15. On making an improvement order or an order varying or...

             2. 16. If any person aggrieved by an improvement order or by...

    2. SECOND SCHEDULE

       Provisions which may be incorporated in improvement orders

       1. 1. Definitions.

       2. 2. Permissible limits of deviation.

       3. 3. Temporary works.

       4. 4. Powers of entry.

       5. 5. Power to cut bushes and scrub and to take down fences.

       6. 6. Fencing of land, etc.

       7. 7. Disposal of spoil.

       8. 8. Penalty for obstructing authorised persons in exercise of powers.