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(c) is of such a nature or in such condition that it would be dangerous, not reasonably practicable or unduly costly for the Authority to retain custody of the article, thing or structure,

the Authority may, instead of storing the article, thing or structure at a holding yard and notifying the owner thereof, cause it—

(d) to be sold (by public auction or otherwise) at once; or

(e) to be destroyed or otherwise disposed of at such time and in such manner as the Authority thinks fit.”;

(j) by deleting the words “subsection (9)” in subsections (10) and (12)(b) and substituting in each case the words “subsection (8)(a)”;

(k) by deleting the words “article or thing” wherever they appear in subsections (10), (11), (12) and (13) and substituting in each case the words “article, thing or structure”;

(l) by deleting the words “subsection (10)” in subsection (11) and substituting the words “subsection (9) or (10)”; and

(m) by deleting subsection (15) and substituting the following subsection:

“(15) In this section—

“authorised officer” means any employee of the Authority, any outsourced enforcement officer and any other person appointed by the Authority under section 4 to assist in the enforcement of this section;

“erect”, in relation to a structure, includes any work carried out in constructing, installing, creating, replacing, maintaining, renewing or restoring a structure;