In section 44 of the 2003 Act (duration and renewal of registration), after subsection (5), insert—
“(6)The Scottish Ministers must send written notice to a community body which has a registered community interest of the date on which that interest will cease to have effect unless it is re-registered (“the expiry date”).
(7)A notice under subsection (6) must be sent in the period beginning on the day which falls 12 months before the expiry date and ending 28 days after that day.”.