The Less Favoured Area Support Scheme (Scotland) Regulations 2004

Review

25.—(1) An applicant may apply to the Scottish Ministers in writing for review of the determination referred to in regulation 24(4).

(2) The applicant must apply to the Scottish Ministers for review within 60 days of the date of the determination referred to in regulation 24(4).

(3) On an application for a review under this regulation, the Scottish Ministers shall refer the matter to a person appointed by the Chairman of the Scottish Branch of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors.

(4) The person appointed for the purpose of this regulation shall review the said determination and may–

(a) consider any document or other evidence produced by the applicant or the Scottish Ministers;

(b) invite the applicant and the Scottish Ministers to provide such further information relevant to the review as the person appointed considers appropriate; and

(c) give the applicant and the Scottish Ministers an opportunity to give evidence or to make representations in person or through a representative.

(5) The person appointed shall review the said determination and shall make a decision confirming or refusing that determination, and shall intimate that decision to the Scottish Ministers and the applicant in writing.

(6) The person appointed shall be entitled to require the reasonable costs of the review to be paid by the such party as that person may direct, and the person appointed shall determine the amount of such costs.