Part I Scottish Enterprise and Highlands and Islands Enterprise
Establishment and Functions
7 Derelict land.
Where it appears to Scottish Enterprise or to Highlands and Islands Enterprise that land is derelict, neglected or unsightly and that steps should be taken for the purpose of enabling the land (in this Act referred to as “derelict land”) to be brought into use or of improving the appearance of the land the body in question—
a
in accordance with arrangements approved by the Secretary of State may acquire, by agreement or compulsorily, the derelict land and any other land (whether or not adjacent to the derelict land) whose acquisition is reasonably required for the purpose mentioned above and may carry out, or assist in carrying out, on the derelict land and the other land such works as appear to the body to be expedient for that purpose; and
b
after carrying out those works may dispose of the land free of charge to a local authority or to a development corporation (within the meaning of the M1New Towns (Scotland) Act 1968) for the purpose of the land being used as a public open space.