Community Empowerment (Scotland) Act 2015

61Duty to provide information about community right to buy

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After section 67A of the 2003 Act (inserted by section 60), insert—

67BDuty to provide information about community right to buy

(1)Ministers may, for the purpose of monitoring or evaluating any impact that the right to buy land conferred by this Part has had or may have, request a person mentioned in subsection (2) to provide them with the information mentioned in subsection (3).

(2)The persons are—

(a)a community body,

(b)the owner or former owner of land in respect of which an application to register a community interest under section 37 was made.

(3)The information is such information as Ministers may reasonably require for the purpose mentioned in subsection (1) relating to the effects that the operation of the provisions of this Part have had, or may be expected to have, on such matters as may be specified in the request.

(4)A person to whom a request under subsection (1) is made must, to the extent that the person is able to do so, provide Ministers with the information requested.”..