1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Allotments (Compensation) (Scotland) Regulations 2017 and come into force on 1st April 2018.
(2) In these Regulations—
“the Act” means the Community Empowerment (Scotland) Act 2015;
“applicant” means the tenant mentioned in section 133(1)(b) or, as the case may be, section 135(1)(b) of the Act;
“the authority” means the local authority mentioned in, as the case may be, section 133(2), 134(1)(b), or 135(2) of the Act;
“deterioration notice” means a notice given under regulation 5(b);
“the lease” means—
in Part 2, the lease mentioned in section 133(1)(a) of the Act;
in Part 3, the lease mentioned in section 134(1)(a) of the Act; and
in Part 4, the lease of the allotment mentioned in section 135(1)(a) of the Act;
“regulation 2(1) notice of claim” means a notice given under regulation 2(1) claiming compensation under section 133(2) of the Act;
“regulation 10(1) notice of claim” means a notice given under regulation 10(1) claiming compensation under section 135(2) of the Act; and
any reference to writing includes an electronic communication within the meaning of section 15(1) (general interpretation) of the Electronic Communications Act 2000(1).
2000 c.7; as amended by the Communications Act 2003 (c.21), section 406 and schedule 17, paragraph 158.