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C HAPTER 2 C ARRYING OUT ASSESSMENTS AND WORK 11 Authority for carrying out assessment or work (1) A person carrying out, under an arrangement made under Chapter 1, a single-building 10 assessment, an additional work assessment or work is entitled by this subsection to do 1 anything reasonably required to carry out that assessment or work, including— (a) entering premises (subject to subsections (3) and (4)(a)), (b) taking other persons, and equipment, onto premises, (c) removing things from premises and arranging for their retention until claimed by 15 a person having a right of possession to them, (d) carrying out reasonable tests to determine the properties of any material. (2) Subsection (1) does not, of itself, entitle a person to use force to enter premises (for that a warrant is required under section 12). (3) Subsection (1) does not entitle a person to enter Crown premises without the owner’s 20 consent. (4) A person entitled to enter premises by subsection (1)— (a) is entitled by that subsection to do so— (i) only at a reasonable time of day, and (ii) only if the premises’ occupants have been given at least 24 hours’ notice 25 (subject to subsection (5)), (b) if requested to do so when seeking entry to the premises, or while on them, must produce written evidence of the legal basis for the person’s entitlement to enter them, (c) must leave the premises no less effectually secured against unauthorised entry as 30 the person found them. (5) The requirement for notice under subsection (4)(a)(ii) does not apply in an urgent situation. (6) A person’s entitlement to do anything mentioned in this section is subject to any contrary or qualifying provision in a warrant under section 12. 35 (7) Nothing in this section entitles a person to do any thing— (a) in breach of section 3(2), 3A(3) or 6(2), 8 Housing (Cladding Remediation) (Scotland) Bill Part 2—Powers to assess and address danger Chapter 2—Carrying out assessments and work (b) without any warrant, permission, consent or other approval (however described) from a public authority that would ordinarily be required in relation to doing the thing. 12 Warrant authorising use of force to effect entry 5 (1) The holder of a judicial office mentioned in subsection (6) may grant a warrant authorising a person entitled to enter premises by section 11(1) to use reasonable force in accordance with the terms of the warrant. (2) An application for a warrant under this section may be made only by the Scottish Ministers. 10 (3) A warrant under this section may be granted only if the judicial office-holder is satisfied, 1 by evidence on oath— (a) that there are reasonable grounds for the person to enter the premises for the purpose of doing something the person is entitled to do by section 11(1), and (b) that— 15 (i) entry to the premises has been refused, (ii) such a refusal is reasonably expected, (iii) the premises are unoccupied, (iv) the premises’ occupier is temporarily absent, (v) the case is one of urgency, or 20 (vi) that an application for admission would defeat the object of the proposed entry. (4) A judicial office-holder may not be satisfied that a condition specified by any of sub-paragraphs (ii) to (iv) of subsection (3)(b) is met unless the office-holder is also satisfied that notice of intention to apply for a warrant has been given to the premises’ 25 occupier. (5) A warrant under this section ceases to have effect— (a) when the purpose for which it was granted is fulfilled, or (b) if the warrant specifies a date for its own expiry, on that date (if it has not already ceased to have effect by virtue of paragraph (a)). 30 (6) The judicial offices referred to in subsection (1) are— (a) sheriff, (b) summary sheriff. 13 Offence of obstructing assessment or work (1) A person (“A”) commits an offence if— 35 (a) another person (“B”) is carrying out a single-building assessment, an additional , work assessment or work arranged under Chapter 1 (b) the use of reasonable force by B is authorised in connection with the carrying out of the assessment or work by a warrant under section 12, and 9 Housing (Cladding Remediation) (Scotland) Bill Part 2—Powers to assess and address danger Chapter 3—Notices (c) without reasonable excuse, A intentionally obstructs B from doing something that B is entitled to do by section 11(1). (2) A person who commits an offence under this section is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 3 on the standard scale. 5 14 Offence of failing to assist...
Official Report
Meeting date:
29 May 2012
Health and Sport Committee 29 May 2012
Such checks are always obtained for personal assistants who are employed through an agency but it is more problematic if someone employs a personal assistant themselves.
Committee reports
Date published:
17 September 2025
Report on the Equalities, Human Rights and Civil Justice Committee inquiry into Civil Legal Assistance in Scotland - Overview
Fundamentally, however, what has emerged is an urgent need for reform of civil legal assistance.
The Committee notes SLAB's suggestion that some of the evidence presented to the Committee was predicated on "demonstrable misunderstandings" of civil legal assistance, which suggest greater barriers to accessing assistance than actually exist.1Scottish Legal Aid Board. (2025, June 18).
Committee reports
Date published:
4 March 2022
Report on the Legal Aid and Advice and Assistance (Financial Limit) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2022 - Introduction
Introduction
At its meeting of 3 March 2022, the Criminal Justice Committee considered the Legal Aid and Advice and Assistance (Financial Limit) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2022 [draft] ("SSI").
Official Report
Meeting date:
25 February 2025
Equalities, Human Rights and Civil Justice Committee 25 February 2025
On the data and evidence front, we have the continuing work on the equality data improvement programme and the recent “Equality evidence strategy 2023-2025: interim review”.
Official Report
Meeting date:
20 September 2023
Citizen Participation and Public Petitions Committee 20 September 2023
The UK Athletics response notes that, although caffeine is not a prohibited substance, it is on the World Anti-Doping Agency’s monitoring programme, which includes substances that it wishes to monitor to identify potential patterns of misuse in sport.
Official Report
Meeting date:
29 June 2023
COVID-19 Recovery Committee 29 June 2023
Every year, the national dental inspection programme measures the oral health of children in primary 1 and P7.
Official Report
Meeting date:
1 November 2022
Equalities, Human Rights and Civil Justice Committee 01 November 2022
The programme is building a stronger and more robust equality evidence base.
Official Report
Meeting date:
26 May 2022
Constitution, Europe, External Affairs and Culture Committee 26 May 2022
Professor Forrester, do you have any thoughts? I have two points. One programme that should attrister—render sad—members is Erasmus.
Official Report
Meeting date:
10 November 2021
Education, Children and Young People Committee 10 November 2021
We probably need to concentrate on making the programme attractive for students who, rather than following a narrow academic route, might want to go in other directions.
