PART 5ASSET TRANSFER REQUESTS

Annual reports

95Annual reports

1

A relevant authority must publish an asset transfer report for each reporting year.

2

An asset transfer report is a report setting out, in respect of the reporting year—

a

the number of asset transfer requests the relevant authority received,

b

the number of such requests which the relevant authority—

i

agreed to, and

ii

refused,

c

the number of such requests made to the relevant authority which resulted in—

i

a transfer of ownership of land to a community transfer body,

ii

a lease of land to such a body,

iii

rights in respect of land being conferred on such a body,

d

the number of appeals under section 85 relating to such requests made to the relevant authority that have—

i

been allowed,

ii

been dismissed,

iii

resulted in any part of the decision of the authority being varied or reversed,

e

in relation to a decision of the relevant authority reviewed under section 86 or 87, the number of such decisions that have been—

i

confirmed,

ii

modified,

iii

substituted by a different decision, and

f

any action taken by the relevant authority during the reporting year—

i

to promote the use of asset transfer requests,

ii

to support a community transfer body in the making of an asset transfer request.

3

An asset transfer 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.

5

A reference in this section to—

a

section 85 includes a reference to that section as applied by section 88(3),

b

section 86 includes a reference to that section as applied by subsection (2) of, and modified in such application by virtue of subsection (4) of, section 89.