Land Reform (Scotland) Act 2003

[F1 20B Review and amendment of core paths plan: notice to owners and occupiers of land S

(1) Where, following a review of a plan under section 20(1), the local authority consider that a plan should be amended, the local authority must, at the same time as complying with section 20A(1), serve a written notice on the owner and occupier of any land which is, as a result of the amendment of the plan, being included in a plan for the first time (the “affected land”).

(2) Notice under subsection (1) must—

(a) explain the potential effect of the amended plan on the affected land,

(b) set out where the original plan and the amended plan may be inspected, and

(c) specify the period within which any objections and representations in relation to the amendment to the plan may be made.

(3) Where it is not possible, after reasonable enquiry, to identify the owner or occupier of the affected land, notice under subsection (1) may be given instead by leaving a copy of the notice in a prominent place on the affected land.]

Textual Amendments

F1 Ss. 20A-20D inserted (31.12.2016) by Land Reform (Scotland) Act 2016 (asp 18), ss. 83(4), 130(1) (with s. 128); S.S.I. 2016/372, reg. 2 (with reg. 3)