83Power to commission reportsS
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(1)The Scottish Ministers may commission or arrange the commission of such reports as they consider to be reasonably necessary for the purposes of—
(a)progressing an application for a fixed rate payment or an individually assessed payment,
(b)the determination of such an application by a panel appointed under section 35,
(c)the conducting of a review in relation to such an application by a panel appointed under section 55, or
(d)the reconsideration of a determination in relation to such an application by a panel appointed under section 75.
(2)But no report may be commissioned under subsection (1) without the applicant's consent.
Commencement Information
I1S. 83 in force at 7.12.2021 by S.S.I. 2021/419, reg. 2