Scottish Statutory Instruments

2015 No. 400

Land Reform

The Community Right to Buy (Scotland) Regulations 2015

Made

19th November 2015

Laid before the Scottish Parliament

23rd November 2015

Coming into force

15th April 2016

The Scottish Ministers make the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 34(5), 36(2)(f), 37(1), (2), (4)(b), (4A), and (18)(b), 39(7)(c), 41(3)(b), 48(1) and (2), 49(2), 51A (2) and (6), 51B(2)(b), (3) and (4), 52(1), (3), and (7), 63(5) and 98(3) of the Land Reform (Scotland) Act 2003(1) and all other powers enabling them to do so.

(1)

2003 asp 2. Section 98(1) contains definitions of “Ministers” and “prescribed” relevant to the exercise of the statutory powers under which these Regulations are made. Sections 34, 36, 37, 39, 41, 52 and 53 are relevantly amended by, and sections 51A and 51B inserted by, the Community Empowerment (Scotland) Act 2015 (asp 6) (“the 2015 Act”), sections 37, 39, 40, 42, 44, 49, 50 and 52, paragraph 8 of schedule 4 and schedule 5.