Land Reform (Scotland) Act 2016 (asp 18)

Valid from 23/04/2018

PART 5 S Right to buy land to further sustainable development

Valid from 26/04/2020

Applications for consent S

60 Notification of Ministers' decision on application S

(1) The Scottish Ministers must give notice in writing of their decision on an application, and their reasons for it, to—

(a) the applicant Part 5 community body,

(b) the owner of the land to which the application relates,

(c) where the application is to buy a tenant's interest, the tenant,

(d) where the application nominates a third party purchaser, the third party purchaser,

(e) every other person who was invited, under section 55(1)(a), to send them views on the application, and

(f) the Keeper.

(2) The notice must set out—

(a) the land or, as the case may be, the tenant's interest to which the decision relates,

(b) to whom the land is to be transferred or, as the case may be, to whom the tenant's interest is to be assigned,

(c) where the Scottish Ministers' decision is to consent to the application, any conditions imposed under section 59,

(d) information about the consequences of the decision notified and of the rights of appeal against it given by this Part, and

(e) the date on which consent is given or refused.