29 Protection of buildings
Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1982 (1982 c 30) | Legislation

29  Protection of buildings

(1)     The section applies where it appears to a local authority—

(a)     that any building in their area is unoccupied; or

(b)     that the occupier of a building in their area is temporarily absent from it.

(2)     Where this section applies and it appears to the local authority that the building—

(a)     is not effectively secured against unauthorised entry; or

(b)     is likely to become a danger to public health,

the local authority may undertake works in connection with the building for the purpose of preventing unauthorised entry to it, or, as the case may be, for the purpose of preventing it becoming a danger to public health.

(3)     In this section and sections 30 and 32 “building” includes structure.

(4)     . . . in this section, the sections mentioned in subsection (3) above and section

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