Tenements (Scotland) Act 2004 (asp 11)

SCHEDULE 1 Tenement Management Scheme

RULE 7 – EMERGENCY WORK

Power to instruct or carry out

7.1 Any owner may instruct or carry out emergency work.

Liability for cost

7.2 The owners are liable for the cost of any emergency work instructed or carried out as if the cost of that work were scheme costs mentioned in rule 4.1(a).

Meaning of “emergency work”

7.3 For the purposes of this rule, “emergency work” means work which, before a scheme decision can be obtained, requires to be carried out to scheme property—

(a) to prevent damage to any part of the tenement, or

(b) in the interests of health or safety.