The Community Right to Buy (Scotland) Regulations 2015 No. 400

PART 4 Notices

Public notice of application to register a community interest in land where the owner or creditor is unknown or cannot be found

6.  A notice that is required to be affixed to land as required by section 37(4)(b)(1) of the Act is to be in the form of notice specified in Schedule 4.

Salmon fishings or mineral rights: public notice of application to register a community interest in land where the owner or creditor is unknown or cannot be found

7.—(1) Subject to paragraph (2), for the purposes of section 37(4A)(2) of the Act, the community body must advertise the proposed application to register a community interest in land in at least one of the following ways—

(a) by affixing a conspicuous notice to, or as near as practicable to, a part of the land in respect of which the salmon fishings or mineral rights to which the proposed application to register a community interest in land relates are exigible;

(b) by affixing a conspicuous notice to a public notice board situated in, or as near as practicable to, a part of the land in respect of which the salmon fishings or mineral rights to which the proposed application to register a community interest in land relates are exigible; or

(c) by placing an advertisement in a local newsletter, circular or similar document circulating in, or as near as practicable to, the land in respect of which the salmon fishings or mineral rights to which the proposed application to register a community interest in land relates are exigible.

(2) For the purposes of paragraph (1)(c), the local newsletter, circular or similar document may be in paper or electronic form.

Notice by Ministers on whether a community interest in land is to be entered in the Register

8.  A notice that is required to be sent under section 37(17) of the Act containing the decision of Ministers whether or not a community interest in land is to be entered in the Register(3) is to be in the form of notice specified in Schedule 5.

Notification by an owner or creditor of proposed transfer of land

9.  A notification that requires to be given under section 48(1) of the Act, by an owner of land in respect of which a community interest in land is registered or, as the case may be, a creditor in a standard security with a right to sell such land, is to be in the form of a notification specified in Schedule 6.

Notices following receipt of a notice under section 48 of the Act

10.—(1) A notice that is required to be sent by Ministers under section 49(2)(a) of the Act is to be in the form of notice specified in Schedule 7.

(2) A notice that is required to be sent by Ministers under section 49(2)(b) of the Act is to be in the form of notice specified in Schedule 8.

(1)

Section 37(4)(b) is amended by section 40(a) of the 2015 Act.

(2)

Section 37(4A) is inserted by section 40(b) of the 2015 Act.

(3)

Section 36(1) of the Act states that the Keeper shall set up and keep a register, to be known as the Register of Community interests in land (the “Register”).