Community Empowerment (Scotland) Act 2015

32Annual reportsS

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(1)A public service authority must publish a participation request report for each reporting year.

(2)A participation request report is a report setting out, in respect of the reporting year to which it relates—

(a)the number of participation requests the authority received,

(b)the number of such requests which the authority—

(i)agreed to, and

(ii)refused,

(c)the number of such requests which resulted in changes to a public service provided by or on behalf of the authority, and

(d)any action taken by the authority—

(i)to promote the use of participation requests,

(ii)to support a community participation body in the making of a participation request.

(3)A participation request report is to be published under subsection (1) no later than 30 June following the end of the reporting year to which it relates.

(4)In this section, “reporting year” means a period of one year beginning on 1 April.

Commencement Information

I1S. 32 in force at 1.4.2017 by S.S.I. 2017/40, art. 2, sch.