Part 2

Provision as to certain public bodies etc.

The Historic Environment Advisory Council for Scotland

The Advisory Council’s functions
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1
The Advisory Council is to provide to the Scottish Ministers the advice mentioned in subsection (2).
2
The advice is advice on—
a
issues affecting the historic environment; and
b
how the functions of the Scottish Ministers exercisable in relation to the historic environment may be exercised effectively for the benefit of the historic environment.
3
For the purposes of subsection (2), the historic environment means any or all of the structures and places in Scotland of historical, archaeological or architectural interest or importance.
4
The Advisory Council is to provide advice under this section whenever—
a
the Scottish Ministers make a request of them for it; or
b
the Advisory Council considers it appropriate to do so.
S. 16 in force at 1.6.2003 by S.S.I. 2003/219, art. 2(2)(a)