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Refusal of inclusion in and removal from register – further provision

6.—(1) Where the Scottish Ministers decide to refuse to include a person in the register or, other than under regulation 5, to remove a person from the register, in addition to including information as to the period specified in regulation 11, the Scottish Ministers must include with the notification of that decision and the reasons for the decision—

(a)details of the period within which the decision will be implemented; and

(b)details of the right of the person concerned to require the Scottish Ministers to review their decision under section 124A(2) (review of certain decisions as to registration) and of the period within which the person may require such a review.

(2) A person may require the Scottish Ministers under section 124A(2) to review their decision within 28 days of the receipt of the notification of the decision sent under section 124A(1).

(3) Where a decision notified under section 124A(1) has been reviewed by the Scottish Ministers in accordance with section 124A(2), the notification of the results of the review and any consequential change in the decision must—

(a)state the period within which the decision will be implemented; or

(b)inform the person concerned that the Scottish Ministers do not propose to take any further action under or by virtue of section 124A.

(4) The period within which a decision to refuse to include a person in the register or, other than under regulation 5, to remove that person from the register must be implemented is—

(a)where the person has not required a review under section 124A(2), the end of the period mentioned in paragraph (2); or

(b)where the person has required a review under section 124A(2), the end of a period of 28 days from the date of the receipt of the notification of the results of the review.