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					<dc:identifier>http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1972/52/section/91C</dc:identifier><dc:title>Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1972 (repealed 27.5.1997)</dc:title><dc:description>An Act to consolidate certain enactments relating to town and country planning in Scotland with amendments to give effect to recommendations of the Scottish Law Commission.</dc:description><dc:type>text</dc:type><dc:format>text/xml</dc:format><dc:language>en</dc:language><dc:publisher>Statute Law Database</dc:publisher><dc:modified>2017-02-07</dc:modified><dc:contributor>Expert Participation</dc:contributor><dct:valid>2014-06-30</dct:valid>
					
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and</Addition></Text></P3para></P3><P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1972/52/section/91C/1/c" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1972/52/section/91C/1/c" id="section-91C-1-c"><Pnumber><Addition ChangeId="d29p24336" CommentaryRef="c14924581">c</Addition></Pnumber><P3para><Text><Addition ChangeId="d29p24336" CommentaryRef="c14924581">on leaving the land shall, if the owner or occupier is not then present, leave it as effectively secured against trespassers as he found it.</Addition></Text></P3para></P3></P2para></P2><P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1972/52/section/91C/2" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1972/52/section/91C/2" id="section-91C-2"><Pnumber><Addition ChangeId="d29p24336" CommentaryRef="c14924581">2</Addition></Pnumber><P2para><Text><Addition ChangeId="d29p24336" CommentaryRef="c14924581">Any person who wilfully obstructs a person acting in the exercise of a right of entry shall be guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 3 on the standard scale.</Addition></Text></P2para></P2><P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1972/52/section/91C/3" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1972/52/section/91C/3" id="section-91C-3"><Pnumber><Addition ChangeId="d29p24336" CommentaryRef="c14924581">3</Addition></Pnumber><P2para><Text><Addition ChangeId="d29p24336" CommentaryRef="c14924581">If any damage is caused to land or moveable property in the exercise of a right of entry, compensation may be recovered by any person suffering the damage from the authority who gave the written authority for the entry or, as the case may be, the Secretary of State.</Addition></Text></P2para></P2><P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1972/52/section/91C/4" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1972/52/section/91C/4" id="section-91C-4"><Pnumber><Addition ChangeId="d29p24336" CommentaryRef="c14924581">4</Addition></Pnumber><P2para><Text><Addition ChangeId="d29p24336" CommentaryRef="c14924581">The provisions of section 168 of this Act shall apply in relation to compensation under subsection (3) of this section as they apply in relation to compensation under Part VIII of this Act.</Addition></Text></P2para></P2><P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1972/52/section/91C/5" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1972/52/section/91C/5" id="section-91C-5"><Pnumber><Addition ChangeId="d29p24336" CommentaryRef="c14924581">5</Addition></Pnumber><P2para><Text><Addition ChangeId="d29p24336" CommentaryRef="c14924581">If any person who enters any land, in exercise of a right of entry, discloses to any person any information obtained by him while on the land as to any manufacturing process or trade secret, he shall be guilty of an offence.</Addition></Text></P2para></P2><P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1972/52/section/91C/6" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1972/52/section/91C/6" id="section-91C-6"><Pnumber><Addition ChangeId="d29p24336" CommentaryRef="c14924581">6</Addition></Pnumber><P2para><Text><Addition ChangeId="d29p24336" CommentaryRef="c14924581">Subsection (4) does not apply if the disclosure is made by a person in the course of performing his duty in connection with the purpose for which he was authorised to enter the land.</Addition></Text></P2para></P2><P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1972/52/section/91C/7" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1972/52/section/91C/7" id="section-91C-7"><Pnumber><Addition ChangeId="d29p24336" CommentaryRef="c14924581">7</Addition></Pnumber><P2para><Text><Addition ChangeId="d29p24336" CommentaryRef="c14924581">A person who is guilty of an offence under subsection (5) shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum or on conviction on indictment to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years or a fine or both.</Addition></Text></P2para></P2></P1para></P1></P1group></Pblock></Part></Body></Primary><Commentaries><Commentary id="c14911591" Type="F"><Para><Text>Act repealed (27.5.1997) by <Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1997/11" id="c00001" Year="1997" Class="UnitedKingdomPublicGeneralAct" Number="11">1997 c. 11</Citation>, <CitationSubRef id="c00002" CitationRef="c00001" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1997/11/section/3" SectionRef="section-3">ss. 3</CitationSubRef>, <CitationSubRef id="c00003" CitationRef="c00001" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1997/11/section/6/2" SectionRef="section-6-2">6(2)</CitationSubRef>, <CitationSubRef id="c00004" CitationRef="c00001" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1997/11/schedule/1/part/I" Operative="true" SectionRef="schedule-1-part-I">Sch. 1 Pt. I</CitationSubRef> (with <CitationSubRef id="c00005" CitationRef="c00001" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1997/11/section/5" SectionRef="section-5">s. 5</CitationSubRef>, <CitationSubRef id="c00006" CitationRef="c00001" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1997/11/schedule/3" SectionRef="schedule-3">Sch. 3</CitationSubRef>)</Text></Para></Commentary><Commentary id="c14922531" Type="C"><Para><Text><CitationSubRef id="c04498" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1972/52/part/V" SectionRef="part-V">Pt. V</CitationSubRef> excluded by <Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1980/65" id="c04499" Year="1980" Class="UnitedKingdomPublicGeneralAct" Number="65" Title="Local Government, Planning and Land Act 1980">Local Government, Planning and Land Act 1980 (c.65)</Citation>, <CitationSubRef id="c04500" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1980/65/schedule/17/paragraph/8/2" Operative="true" CitationRef="c04499" SectionRef="schedule-17-paragraph-8-2">Sch. 17 para. 8(2)</CitationSubRef></Text></Para></Commentary><Commentary id="c14924531" Type="F"><Para><Text><CitationSubRef id="c04559" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1972/52/section/91A" UpTo="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1972/52/section/91C" Type="group" StartSectionRef="section-91A" EndSectionRef="section-91C">Ss. 91A-91C</CitationSubRef> and cross heading inserted (26.3.1992) by <Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1991/34" id="c04560" Year="1991" Class="UnitedKingdomPublicGeneralAct" Number="34" Title="Planning and Compensation Act 1991">Planning and Compensation Act 1991 (c. 34, SIF 123:2)</Citation>, <CitationSubRef id="c04561" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1991/34/section/43/1" Operative="true" CitationRef="c04560" SectionRef="section-43-1">ss. 43(1)</CitationSubRef>, <CitationSubRef id="c04562" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1991/34/section/84/2" CitationRef="c04560" SectionRef="section-84-2">84(2)</CitationSubRef> (with <CitationSubRef id="c04563" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1991/34/section/84/5" CitationRef="c04560" SectionRef="section-84-5">s. 84(5)</CitationSubRef>); <Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1992/334" id="c04564" Class="UnitedKingdomStatutoryInstrument" Year="1992" Number="334">S.I. 1992/334</Citation>, <CitationSubRef id="c04565" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1992/334/article/4" Operative="true" CitationRef="c04564" SectionRef="article-4">art.4</CitationSubRef></Text></Para></Commentary><Commentary id="c14924581" Type="F"><Para><Text><CitationSubRef id="c04577" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1972/52/section/91A" UpTo="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1972/52/section/91C" Type="group" StartSectionRef="section-91A" EndSectionRef="section-91C">Ss. 91A-91C</CitationSubRef> and cross heading inserted (26.3.1992) by <Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1991/34" id="c04578" Year="1991" Class="UnitedKingdomPublicGeneralAct" Number="34" Title="Planning and Compensation Act 1991">Planning and Compensation Act 1991 (c. 34, SIF 123:2)</Citation>, <CitationSubRef id="c04579" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1991/34/section/43/1" Operative="true" CitationRef="c04578" SectionRef="section-43-1">s. 43(1)</CitationSubRef> (with <CitationSubRef id="c04580" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1991/34/section/84/5" CitationRef="c04578" SectionRef="section-84-5">s. 84(5)</CitationSubRef>); <Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1992/334" id="c04581" Class="UnitedKingdomStatutoryInstrument" Year="1992" Number="334">S.I. 1992/334</Citation>, <CitationSubRef id="c04582" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1992/334/article/4" Operative="true" CitationRef="c04581" SectionRef="article-4">art. 4</CitationSubRef>.</Text></Para></Commentary></Commentaries></Legislation>