1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Right to Buy Land to Further Sustainable Development (Applications, Written Requests, Ballots and Compensation) (Scotland) Regulations 2020 and come into force on 26 April 2020.
(2) In these Regulations—
“the Act” means the Land Reform (Scotland) Act 2016,
“ballot deadline” has the meaning given in regulation 8(3)(b),
“charity number” means the number used by the Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator to identify a charity that is registered on the Scottish Charity Register in accordance with the Charities and Trustee Investment (Scotland) Act 2005(1),
“company number” means the unique number allocated to every company, known as the company’s registered number, in accordance with section 1066 of the Companies Act 2006 (company’s registered numbers)(2),
“Lands Tribunal” means the Lands Tribunal for Scotland,
“Part 5 community body” is to be construed in accordance with section 49(1) of the Act (Part 5 community bodies),
“registered rules” has the meaning given by section 149 of the Co-operative and Community Benefit Societies Act 2014 (interpretation of act)(3),
“registration number” means a number attributed to a community benefit society when it is registered under section 3 of the Co-operative and Community Benefit Societies Act 2014 (registration).