The Asset Transfer Request (Review Procedure) (Scotland) Regulations 2016

Notification to interested parties and publication

4.—(1) The local authority must before the expiry of the period of 10 working days beginning with the date on which the application for review is made—

(a) send an acknowledgement of the application for review to the community transfer body stating the date on which the application for review was made and inform the community transfer body how documents related to the review may be inspected; and

(b) give notice of the review to each interested party.

(2) Notice under paragraph (1)(b) is to be given—

(a) in writing to an interested party who is an owner, tenant or occupier of the land to which the asset transfer request relates; and

(b) in writing or by advertisement in a newspaper circulating in the locality where the land is situated, to any other interested party.

(3) Notice under paragraph (1)(b) is to—

(a) state the name of the community transfer body;

(b) specify the land to which the asset transfer request relates;

(c) state that copies of any representations previously made with respect to the asset transfer request, will be considered by the local authority when determining the review;

(d) state that further representations may be made to the local authority and include information as to how any representations may be made, by what date they must be made and that a copy of the representation will be sent to the community transfer body for comment; and

(e) state how a copy of the application for review and other documents related to the review may be inspected.

(4) An interested party may within the period of 10 working days beginning with the date on which notice is given under paragraph (1)(b) make representations in respect of the review to the local authority.

(5) The local authority must send a copy of any representations received under paragraph (4) to the community transfer body and must inform the community transfer body how and by what date (being a date not less than 10 working days after the date on which such copy is sent under this paragraph) the community transfer body may make comments to the local authority on such representations.

(6) The community transfer body may, on or before that date, make comments on such representations to the local authority.

(7) An interested party may, in addition to any representations made by virtue of paragraph (4), raise matters and submit further documents, materials or evidence only in accordance with a request made under regulation 8(1), rule 1(1) of the Hearing Session Rules or otherwise.