Section 43: Execution and cost of works required by enforcement notice
98.If at any time after the end of a period for compliance of an enforcement notice, any step required by the notice has not been taken, the enforcement authority may enter the land to take the necessary steps and may recover the expenses reasonably incurred by them in doing so from the person to whom the notice was given (subsections (1) and (2)). Subsection (3) provides that any expenses recovered under subsection (2) may include appropriate administrative expenses.
99.When taking steps under subsection (2), the enforcement authority may sell any materials removed from the land unless they are claimed by the owner within 3 days of removal (subsection (4)). The enforcement authority must pay the proceeds of any sale, less recoverable expenses, to the owner (subsection (5)).
100.Subsection (6) creates an offence if a person, without reasonable excuse, intentionally obstructs the enforcement authority in exercising its powers under subsection (2). A person who commits such an offence is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 3 on the standard scale (subsection (7)).
