The Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1997 (c. 8) is amended as follows.
In Schedule 14 (blighted land) after paragraph 16 insert—
In section 100 (scope of Chapter 2 of Part 5) after subsection (5) insert—
In section 101(1)(b) (notices requiring purchase of blighted land)—
for "or 15" substitute , and" , 15 or 17 "
after "Schedule 14 and" insert ." (except in the case of land falling within paragraph 17 by virtue of paragraph 17(2)(c)) "
In section 102 (counter-notices objecting to blight notices) after subsection (7) insert—
After section 116 insert—
In section 120 (meaning of "the appropriate authority" for purposes of Chapter 2 of Part 5) after subsection (4) insert—
In section 121 ("appropriate enactment" for purposes of Chapter 2) after subsection (7) insert—
In section 122 (general interpretation of Chapter 2 of Part 5)—
after the definition of "crofter" insert—"cross-country pipe-line" has the meaning given by section 66 of the Pipe-lines Act 1962 (c. 58);"gas transporter" has the same meaning as in Part 1 of the Gas Act 1986 (see section 7(1) of that Act);, and
after the definition of "hereditament" insert—"national policy statement" has the meaning given by section 5(2) of the Planning Act 2008;.