Section 51 – Enforcement notices
128.This section enables the Commissioner to issue an “enforcement notice” to a Scottish public authority which the Commissioner is satisfied has failed to comply with a provision of Part 1 of the Act. The notice specifies the steps the authority is to take in order to comply.
129.An enforcement notice must also set out the time by which these steps must be taken and details of any right of appeal which may be available to the authority under section 56. The time limit specified in the notice must not expire before the time for an authority to appeal under section 56 expires. Should an authority decide to exercise the right of appeal under that section, then the notice need not be complied with before that appeal is concluded.
130.The Commissioner can also cancel an enforcement notice.