61Criteria for registration or removal from register
(1)The Scottish Ministers must establish (and may from time to time vary) criteria to be satisfied by a body seeking registration as a social landlord; and in deciding whether to register a body the Scottish Ministers must have regard to whether those criteria are met.
(2)The Scottish Ministers must establish (and may from time to time vary) criteria to be satisfied where a body seeks to be removed from the register of social landlords; and in deciding whether to remove a body from the register the Scottish Ministers must have regard to whether those criteria are met.
(3)Before establishing or varying any such criteria the Scottish Ministers must consult—
(a)such bodies representing registered social landlords,
(b)such bodies representing tenants of registered social landlords, and
(c)such other persons,
as they think fit.
(4)The Scottish Ministers must publish the criteria for registration and the criteria for removal in such manner as they think fit.