The Workplace Parking Licensing (Scotland) Regulations 2022

PART 2 Consultation, reporting and publication requirements

Publication of proposal

2.  Before making a scheme, a local authority must—

(a) publish, at least once in a local newspaper circulating in the area to which the proposed scheme relates, notice of the proposal containing the information specified in Part 1 of schedule 1,

(b) publish on the local authority’s website a copy of the documents required under section 73(1)(a) of the Act and the notice mentioned in paragraph (a),

(c) make a copy of those documents and that notice available for inspection at their offices during normal office hours, and (if the local authority thinks fit) at such other places within its area and during such times at those places as it may determine,

(d) send to the Scottish Ministers a copy of the documents and the notice mentioned in paragraph (b),

(e) take such other steps as it considers appropriate for ensuring that adequate publicity about the proposal to make the scheme is given to persons likely to be affected by it.

Consultation

3.  A local authority must send to any person it intends to consult under section 73(1)(b) of the Act—

(a) a copy of the documents required under section 73(1)(a) of the Act,

(b) notice of the time period for consultation responses to be submitted,

(c) notice of where such responses are to be sent.

Report following consultation

4.  The report required under section 73(1)(c) of the Act must be—

(a) published on the local authority’s website,

(b) sent to such persons consulted under section 73(1)(b) of the Act as the local authority considers appropriate,

(c) sent to the Scottish Ministers.

Notice of making a scheme

5.  Within 14 days of making a scheme under section 72 of the Act a local authority must—

(a) publish—

(i) at least once in a local newspaper circulating in the area to which the scheme relates, and

(ii) on the local authority’s website,

notice of the making of the scheme containing the information specified in Part 2 of schedule 1,

(b) make available for inspection at their offices during normal office hours, and (if the local authority think fit) at such other places within its area and during such times at those places as it may determine—

(i) a copy of the scheme as made together with a statement of the date on which it comes into effect,

(ii) in the case of a scheme made after the holding of an examination under section 75 of the Act, a copy of the report following that examination,

(c) publish the scheme and, where applicable, the report following the holding of an examination under section 75 of the Act on the local authority’s website,

(d) take such other steps as it considers appropriate for ensuring that adequate publicity about the making of the scheme is given to persons likely to be affected by it.