82.Section 59 provides powers for the Scottish Ministers to enter land to which a remedial notice (including any associated conditions) or registered remedial notice relates and to take the steps, or stop the activity, set out in the notice. The step-in power may be exercised in circumstances where a person has failed to comply with a remedial notice (including any associated conditions) or registered remedial notice within the period specified in it for compliance.
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