Part I

Listed Buildings
Chapter II

Authorisation of Works Affecting Listed Buildings

Applications for listed building consent

Certificates as to interests in listed building etc.
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1
Regulations may provide that an application for listed building consent shall not be entertained unless it is accompanied by a certificate in the prescribed form as to the interests in the building to which the application relates.
2
Any such regulations may—
a
include requirements corresponding to those mentioned in sections 35 and 38(2) of the principal Act,
b
make provision as to who, in the case of any building, is to be treated as the owner for the purposes of any provision of the regulations, and
c
make different provision for different cases or classes of case.
3
If any person—
a
issues a certificate which purports to comply with the requirements of regulations made by virtue of this section and which contains a statement which he knows to be false or misleading in a material particular, or
b
recklessly issues a certificate which purports to comply with those requirements and which contains a statement which is false or misleading in a material particular,
he shall be guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 3 on the standard scale.
Ss. 6-25 applied (with modifications) (1.10.2015) by The Planning (Listed Building Consent and Conservation Area Consent Procedure) (Scotland) Regulations 2015 (S.S.I. 2015/243), regs. 1, 15, sch. 3 (with reg. 2)