Powers to address danger 6 Power to arrange remediation work (1) The Scottish Ministers may arrange for work to be carried out that is identified in a single-building assessment report as being needed to eliminate or mitigate risks to human 30 life that are (directly or indirectly) created or exacerbated by the building’s external wall cladding system. (2) Work arranged under subsection (1) may not begin on premises, without the consent of the premises’ owner— (a) before the end of the notice period, or 35 (b) if an appeal against the decision to arrange for the work to be carried out is made within that period, before the appeal is finally determined or withdrawn. 4 Housing (Cladding Remediation) (Scotland) Bill Part 2—Powers to assess and address danger Chapter 1—Scottish Ministers’ powers (3) The notice period is a period of 21 days beginning with the day that the Scottish Ministers give the premises’ owner a written notice explaining— (a) what work is to be carried out, (b) what a person carrying it out is entitled to do by section 11, 5 (c) the right to appeal under section 10 against the decision to arrange for the work to be carried out. (4) At the same time as giving notice to the premises’ owner in order to begin the notice period, the Scottish Ministers are to give a written notice in the same terms to any occupier of the premises. 10 7 Power to arrange urgent remediation work 1 (1) The Scottish Ministers may arrange for work to be carried out where— (a) the work is identified as being needed to eliminate or mitigate a risk to human life that is (directly or indirectly) created or exacerbated by a building’s external wall cladding system either— 15 (i) in a single-building assessment report, or (ii) by a person carrying out a single-building assessment raising the risk with the Scottish Ministers before completing the assessment, and (b) the risk to human life is so immediate that it would be inappropriate to delay the work starting by arranging for it to be carried out under section 6 instead. 20 (2) Where the Scottish Ministers arrange under subsection (1) for work to be carried out on premises, they are to give the premises’ owners and occupiers such notice of the work (if any) as the circumstances permit. 8 Power to evacuate (1) The Scottish Ministers may require the occupants of premises to remove from them in 25 any of the following circumstances— (a) in the Scottish Ministers’ opinion there is a substantial risk to the occupants’ lives...