3.—(1) Subject to paragraphs (2) and (3) below, not later than 28 days after the date when the trustees of a small trust have passed a resolution under section 10(3), (8) or (10) of the Act, they shall publish, in a newspaper circulating throughout Scotland or, if the purposes of the trust relate to a particular locality, in a local newspaper circulating in that locality, a notice–
(a)in the case where the trustees have passed the resolution under section 10(3) of the Act, in the form set out in Schedule 1 to these Regulations;
(b)in the case where the trustees have passed the resolution under section 10(8) of the Act, in the form set out in Schedule 2 to these Regulations;
(c)in the case where the trustees have passed the resolution under section 10(10) of the Act, in the form set out in Schedule 3 to these Regulations,
or in a form substantially to the like effect.
(2) Where the trustees of more than one small trust have each passed a resolution under section 10(8) of the Act providing that the trusts be wound up and that the assets of the trusts be transferred to the same trust, the trustees may, instead of publishing a separate notice in respect of each trust in terms of paragraph (1)(b) above, publish a combined notice in the form set out in Schedule 4 to these Regulations or in a form substantially to the like effect, which combined notice shall be published–
(a)not later than 28 days after the earliest date when the trustees of any of the trusts have passed the resolution under that section; and
(b)in a newspaper circulating throughout Scotland or, if the purposes of all the trusts relate to a particular locality, in a local newspaper circulating in that locality.
(3) Where the trustees of more than one small trust have each passed a resolution under section 10(10) of the Act providing that the trusts be amalgamated with each other, the trustees may, instead of publishing a separate notice in respect of each trust as required by paragraph (1)(c) above, publish a combined notice in the form set out in Schedule 5 to these Regulations or in a form substantially to the like effect, which combined notice shall be published–
(a)not later than 28 days after the earliest date when the trustees of any of the trusts have passed the resolution under that section; and
(b)in a newspaper circulating throughout Scotland or, if the purposes of all the trusts relate to a particular locality, in a local newspaper circulating in that locality.