Part 3A

Community right to buy abandoned, neglected or detrimental land

Grants towards Part 3A community bodies' liabilities to pay compensation
97U
1
Ministers may, in the circumstances set out in subsection (2), pay a grant to a Part 3A community body.
2
Those circumstances are—
a
that after settlement of its other liabilities connected with the exercise of its right to buy land under this Part, the Part 3A community body has insufficient money to pay, or to pay in full, the amount of compensation it has to pay under section 97T,
b
that the Part 3A community body has taken all reasonable steps to obtain money in order to pay, or to pay in full, that amount (other than applying for a grant under this section) but has been unable to obtain the money, and
c
that it is in the public interest that Ministers pay the grant.
3
The fact that all the circumstances set out in subsection (2) are applicable in a particular case does not prevent Ministers from refusing to pay a grant in that case.
4
A grant under this section may be made subject to conditions which may stipulate repayment in the event of breach.
5
Ministers may pay a grant under this section only on the application of a Part 3A community body.
6
An application for such a grant must be made in such form and in accordance with such procedure as may be prescribed.
7
Ministers must issue their decision on an application under this section in writing accompanied by, in the case of a refusal, a statement of the reasons for it.
8
Ministers' decision on an application under this section is final.
Pt. 3A inserted (30.6.2017 for specified purposes, 27.6.2018 in so far as not already in force) by Community Empowerment (Scotland) Act 2015 (asp 6), ss. 74, 142(1); S.S.I. 2017/192, art. 2; S.S.I. 2018/139, art. 2(a)