Community Empowerment (Scotland) Act 2015

81 Asset transfer requests: regulations

(1) The Scottish Ministers may by regulations make further provision about asset transfer requests.

(2) Regulations under subsection (1) may in particular make provision for or in connection with—

(a) specifying the manner in which requests are to be made,

(b) specifying the procedure to be followed by a relevant authority in relation to requests,

(c) specifying the information to be included in requests (in addition to that required under section 79(4)),

(d) requiring publication, by such method as may be prescribed in the regulations, of the fact that a request is being made,

(e) requiring notification of the making of a request to be given to such persons or descriptions of persons, and in such circumstances, as may be prescribed in the regulations.

(3) The Scottish Ministers may make regulations for or in connection with—

(a) enabling a community transfer body to request information from a relevant authority about land in respect of which it proposes to make an asset transfer request,

(b) specifying how the authority is to respond to the request for information,

(c) specifying the circumstances in which the authority must provide information,

(d) specifying the type of information the authority must provide in circumstances specified under paragraph (c),

(e) specifying the circumstances in which the authority need not provide information.