(1) Where it appears to the local planning authority that reasonable steps are not being taken for the proper preservation of a building in respect of which a building preservation order has been served, it may, subject to the provisions of this section, acquire by agreement with the owner or by expropriation the building and such land as appears to that authority to be necessary for preserving the building and its amenities or for affording access to the building or for the proper control or management of the building:
Provided that the local planning authority may acquire the building without any land with a view to removing the building from the site and erecting it elsewhere for the benefit of the public.
(2) Where a local planning authority acquires any building in terms of the proviso to subsection (1)—
(a) it may, within a reasonable period, enter upon the land concerned and do such things are necessary to remove the building and erect it elsewhere; and (b) such acquisition shall be deemed to be an acquisition of land for the purposes of this Part.
(3) A local planning authority may not acquire land in terms of subsection (1) unless—
(a) it has served a reinstatement order on the owner of the land concerned—
(i) specifying the works which it considers to be reasonably necessary for the proper preservation of the building and the period, being not less than three months, within which the works should be completed; and
(ii) explaining the powers of the local planning authority under this section; and
(b) the owner has failed to comply with the requirements of the reinstatement order.
(4) Any person who is aggrieved by a reinstatement order may, within one month of the service thereof or such longer period as the President of the Administrative Court may in writing authorize, appeal to the Administrative Court in such manner as may be prescribed in rules and the Administrative Court may make such order as it deems fit.
(5) If the local planning authority is satisfied that a building has been deliberately allowed to fall into disrepair in order to justify the demolition thereof, it may apply in writing to the Administrative Court for compensation to be assessed on the basis that no permit would be granted—
(a) for redevelopment of the land; or
(b) for the demolition, alteration or extension of the building; other than development of operations necessary for reinstating the building to, and maintaining it in, a proper state of repair.