2(1)Where required to do so under paragraph 1(1), the transferor authority must—
(a)make a staff transfer scheme or, as the case may be, a property transfer scheme, and
(b)submit the scheme to the Scottish Ministers for approval,
by such date as the requirement may specify.
(2)Before making the scheme the transferor authority must consult—
(a)the transferee authority,
(b)every local authority any part of whose area is within the National Park, and
(c)in the case of a staff transfer scheme, such associations of employees of the transferor authority as the authority considers appropriate.
(3)The scheme must specify a date (“the transfer date”) on which the transfer is to take effect.
(4)In making the scheme the transferor authority must take into account any guidance given by the Scottish Ministers as to—
(a)the provisions which they consider appropriate for inclusion in the scheme,
(b)in the case of a staff transfer scheme, the criteria to be used in determining the employees to whom the scheme is to apply.