PART 5Community empowerment
CHAPTER 3Assets of community value
Moratorium on disposing of listed land
I198Informing owner of request to be treated as bidder
1
Subsection (2) applies if—
a
after a local authority has received notice under section 95(2) in respect of land included in the authority's list of assets of community value, and
b
before the end of the interim moratorium period that applies under section 95 as a result of the notice,
the authority receives from a community interest group a written request (however expressed) for the group to be treated as a potential bidder in relation to the land.
2
The authority must, as soon after receiving the request as is practicable, either pass on the request to the owner of the land or inform the owner of the details of the request.
3
In this section “community interest group” means a person who is a community interest group for the purposes of section 95(3) as a result of regulations made under section 95(6) by the appropriate authority.