Public Services Reform (Scotland) Act 2010

7 In section 50 (notice of Council’s decision)—

(a) subsection (1) is repealed,

(b) in subsection (2), paragraph (a) and the “or” immediately following it are repealed,

(c) in subsection (3), paragraph (b) is repealed,

(d) in subsection (4)—

(i) at the beginning insert “Subject to subsection (5),”,

(ii) the words from “other” to “application” are repealed,

(iii) in paragraph (a), for the words “referred to in section 51(1) of this Act” substitute “after the giving of a notice under subsection (2)”,

(e) after subsection (4) add—

“(5) A decision in accordance with rules under section 49(1) of this Act to suspend a person’s registration in a part of the register maintained under section 44(1) of this Act takes effect immediately on notice of that decision being given.”.