[9E Power to take emergency action]

[9E  Power to take emergency action]

[(1)     A local authority in England who have issued a site licence in respect of a relevant protected site in their area may take action in relation to the land concerned if it appears to the authority that—

(a)     the occupier of the land is failing or has failed to comply with a condition for the time being attached to the site licence, and

(b)     as a result of that failure there is an imminent risk of serious harm to the health or safety of any person who is or may be on the land.

(2)     The action a local authority may take under this section (referred to in this section as “emergency action”) is such action as appears to the authority to be necessary to remove the imminent risk of serious harm mentioned in subsection (1)(b).

(3)     Where a local authority propose to take emergency action, the authority must serve on the occupier

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