Explanatory Notes

Community Empowerment (Scotland) Act 2015

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24 July 2015

Commentary on Sections

Part 4: Community rights to buy land

Insertion of Part 3A of Land Reform (Scotland) Act 2003: community right to buy abandoned, neglected or detrimental land

Consent conditions

240.The new section 97L of the 2003 Act provides that Ministers may impose conditions to their consent to an application to exercise the Part 3A community right to buy. These conditions may, for example, require that certain actions or steps must be taken by the Part 3A community body.