Procedure and timetable for examinations
10.—(1) On appointment the reporter must in writing invite the local authority proposing to make the scheme and the Scottish Ministers to identify and agree any further matters as referred to in regulation 9(1)(b) for the purpose of setting the scope of the examination.
(2) The invitation referred to in paragraph (1) must confirm the period within which responses are to be sent to the reporter for the purpose of that paragraph.
(3) The reporter must establish the procedure and timetable for the examination and give written notice to the persons specified in regulation 6(1) of—
(a)the scope of the examination as set in accordance with regulation 9,
(b)the fact that responses must—
(i)be within the scope of the examination,
(ii)contain the content required under regulation 8,
(iii)be sent to the reporter and to all other persons specified in regulation 6(1) within the period specified in the notice,
(c)how responses may be sent,
(d)the fact that persons given notice under this paragraph may send comments on any matters raised in the responses to the reporter and to all other persons given notice under this paragraph,
(e)the period within which any such comments are to be sent.