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War Damage to Land (Scotland) Act 1939

War Damage to Land (Scotland) Act 1939 s 5

s 5 Provisions as to war damage to building belonging to two or more owners.

Where war damage occurs to any building which comprises two or more separate tenements belonging to two or more owners or in which two or more persons have a common interest, any obligation, express or implied, imposed on any such owner or person by virtue of any deed or instrument or of the common law, to repair or maintain the building or any part thereof shall be construed as not including liability to make good such war damage, and where such owners or persons are unable to agree as to the making good of the war damage the provisions of sections one hundred and ninety-five to one hundred and ninety-nine of the Burgh Police (Scotland) Act 1892, shall apply to such building in like manner as those provisions apply to the houses or buildings therein mentioned where the owners are unable to agree as to sale or rebuilding.

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