Schedule 2 – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 29 October 1980.
Amendment made: In page 43, leave out lines 10 to 20 and insert:
(5A) In addition to a notice served under subsection (1) of this section, the local authority may, by a notice served under this subsection, within twenty-eight days after the service of notice under subsection (3)(a) of this section, require part of the demolition to be deferred, but not beyond the expiry of the period for serving notice specified in subsection (4) of this section.
(5B) A person who contravenes a requirement made under subsection (5A) of this section shall be liable to a fine not exceeding £500, but in any proceedings for an offence under this subsection it shall be a defence for the person charged to prove that he took all reasonable precautions and exercised all due diligence to avoid the commission of the offence."—[Mr. Goodlad.]
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