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(1)The Scottish Ministers must prepare and publish a statement of the principles according to which they will determine whether to—
(a)include a public authority, voluntary organisation or other person (other than an individual) in the contributor list,
(b)remove a scheme contributor from the list,
(c)remove a scheme contributor from the list with retrospective effect in accordance with section 16.
(2)For the purpose of subsection (1)—
(a)the statement of principles must include the matters which the Scottish Ministers will take into account in determining whether a financial contribution that a public authority, voluntary organisation or other person is making or proposing to make is fair and meaningful, and
(b)those matters must include—
(i)the circumstances in which a contribution that the authority, organisation or other person proposes to make over a period of time for reasons of affordability can be a fair and meaningful one,
(ii)the circumstances in which a contribution that takes into account the sustainability of any services provided by the authority, organisation or other person can be a fair and meaningful one.
(3)For the purpose of this section, it is immaterial that the preparation or publication of a statement of principles took place before the day this section comes into force.
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