Community Empowerment (Scotland) Act 2015
Community Empowerment (Scotland) Act 2015 (2015 asp 6)
- Community Empowerment (Scotland) Act 2015 (2015 asp 6)
- PART 1 NATIONAL OUTCOMES
- 1 National outcomes
- 2 Review of national outcomes
- 3 Reports
- PART 2 COMMUNITY PLANNING
- 4 Community planning
- 5 Socio-economic inequalities
- 6 Local outcomes improvement plan
- 7 Local outcomes improvement plan: review
- 8 Local outcomes improvement plan: progress report
- 9 Localities: comparison of outcomes
- 10 Locality plan
- 11 Locality plan: review
- 12 Locality plan: progress report
- 13 Governance
- 14 Community planning partners: duties
- 15 Guidance
- 16 Duty to promote community planning
- 17 Establishment of corporate bodies
- 18 Interpretation of Part 2
- PART 3 PARTICIPATION REQUESTS
- Key definitions
- 19 Meaning of “community-controlled body”
- 20 Meaning of “community participation body”
- 21 Meaning of “public service authority”
- Participation requests
- 22 Participation requests
- 23 Regulations
- Decisions about participation requests
- 24 Participation requests: decisions
- 25 Decision notice: information about outcome improvement process
- 26 Proposed outcome improvement process
- 27 Power to decline certain participation requests
- Outcome improvement processes
- 28 Duty to establish and maintain outcome improvement process
- 29 Modification of outcome improvement process
- Appeals and reviews
- 30 Regulations: appeals and reviews
- Reporting
- 31 Reporting
- 32 Annual reports
- 33 Ministerial report
- Guidance
- 34 Guidance
- Interpretation of Part 3
- 35 Interpretation of Part 3
- PART 4 COMMUNITY RIGHTS TO BUY LAND
- Modifications of Part 2 of Land Reform (Scotland) Act 2003
- 36 Nature of land in which community interest may be registered
- 37 Community bodies
- 38 Modification of memorandum, articles, constitution or registered rules
- 39 Register of Community Interests in Land
- 40 Public notice of certain applications
- 41 Criteria for registration of interest in land
- 42 Procedure for late applications
- 43 Evidence and notification of concluded missives or option agreements
- 44 Notification of transfer
- 45 Notice of expiry of registration
- 46 Changes to information relating to registered interests
- 47 Notification under section 50 of 2003 Act
- 48 Approval of members of community to buy land
- 49 Appointment of person to conduct ballot on proposal to buy land
- 50 Consent under section 51 of 2003 Act: prescribed information
- 51 Representations etc. regarding circumstances affecting ballot result
- 52 Ballot not conducted as prescribed
- 53 Period in which ballot results and valuations are to be notified
- 54 Exercise of right to buy: date of entry and payment of price
- 55 Notification of application under section 57 of the 2003 Act
- 56 Valuation: views on representations and time limit
- 57 Expenses of valuation of land
- 58 Creditors in standard security with right to sell land: appeals
- 59 Appeals to Lands Tribunal as respects valuations of land
- 60 Calculation of time periods in Part 2 of 2003 Act
- 61 Duty to provide information about community right to buy
- Modifications of Part 3 of Land Reform (Scotland) Act 2003
- 62 Crofting community bodies
- 63 Modification of memorandum, articles, constitution or registered rules
- 64 Application: information about rights and interest in land
- 65 Criteria for consent by Ministers
- 66 Ballot: information and expenses
- 67 Application by more than one crofting community body
- 68 Reference to Land Court of questions on applications
- 69 Valuation: views on representations and time limit
- 70 Compensation
- 71 Land Court: reasons for decision under section 92
- 72 Register of Crofting Community Rights to Buy
- 73 Meaning of creditor in standard security with right to sell
- Abandoned, neglected and detrimental land
- 74 Abandoned, neglected and detrimental land
- Mediation
- 75 Parts 2, 3 and 3A of Land Reform (Scotland) Act 2003: mediation
- Meaning of “the 2003 Act”
- 76 Meaning of “the 2003 Act” in Part 4
- PART 5 ASSET TRANSFER REQUESTS
- Key definitions
- 77 Meaning of “community transfer body”
- 78 Meaning of “relevant authority”
- Requests
- 79 Asset transfer requests
- 80 Community transfer bodies that may request transfer of ownership of land
- 81 Asset transfer requests: regulations
- Decisions
- 82 Asset transfer requests: decisions
- 83 Agreement to asset transfer request
- Prohibition on disposal of land
- 84 Prohibition on disposal of land
- Appeals and reviews
- 85 Appeals
- 86 Review by local authority
- 87 Review of decisions by the Scottish Ministers
- 88 Appeals from reviews under section 86
- 89 Decisions by relevant authority specified under section 85(2)(c): reviews
- 90 No concluded contract: appeals
- 91 Effect of offers on appeals and reviews
- Disapplication of certain lease restrictions
- 92 Disapplication of restrictions in lease of land to relevant authority
- Power to decline subsequent requests
- 93 Power to decline certain asset transfer requests
- Registers of relevant authorities' land
- 94 Duty to publish register of land
- Annual reports
- 95 Annual reports
- Guidance
- 96 Guidance
- Interpretation of Part 5
- 97 Interpretation of Part 5
- PART 6 DELEGATION OF FORESTRY COMMISSIONERS' FUNCTIONS
- 98 Meaning of “community body” in Forestry Act 1967
- PART 7 FOOTBALL CLUBS
- 99 Facilitation of supporter involvement in football clubs
- 100 Supporter involvement in decision-making
- 101 Supporter ownership
- PART 8 COMMON GOOD PROPERTY
- Registers
- 102 Common good registers
- 103 Guidance about common good registers
- Disposal and use
- 104 Disposal and use of common good property: consultation
- 105 Disposal etc. of common good property: guidance
- Interpretation of Part 8
- 106 Interpretation of Part 8
- PART 9 ALLOTMENTS
- Key definitions
- 107 Meaning of “allotment”
- 108 Meaning of “allotment site”
- Request and offer to lease allotment
- 109 Request to lease allotment
- 110 Offer to lease allotment
- Local authority functions
- 111 Duty to maintain list
- 112 Duty to provide allotments
- 113 Duty of tenant of allotment site to grant sublease
- 114 Access to allotment and allotment site
- 115 Allotment site regulations
- 116 Allotment site regulations: further provision
- 117 Disposal etc. of allotment sites owned by local authority
- 118 Disposal etc. of allotment sites leased by local authority
- 119 Duty to prepare food-growing strategy
- 120 Duty to review food-growing strategy
- 121 Annual allotments report
- 122 Power to remove unauthorised buildings from allotment sites
- 123 Delegation of management of allotment sites
- 124 Promotion and use of allotments: expenditure
- 125 Use of local authority and other premises for meetings
- Termination of lease
- 126 Termination of lease of allotment or allotment site
- 127 Resumption of allotment or allotment site by local authority
- Notice of termination: sublease
- 128 Notice of termination: sublease by local authority
- 129 Notice of termination: sublease by allotment association etc.
- Prohibition against assignation or subletting
- 130 Prohibition against assignation or subletting
- Tenants' rights
- 131 Sale of surplus produce
- 132 Removal of items from allotment by tenant
- Compensation
- 133 Compensation for disturbance
- 134 Compensation for deterioration of allotment
- 135 Compensation for loss of crops
- 136 Set-off of compensation etc.
- Guidance
- 137 Guidance
- Interpretation of Part 9
- 138 Interpretation of Part 9
- PART 10 PARTICIPATION IN PUBLIC DECISION-MAKING
- 139 Participation in decisions of certain persons exercising public functions
- PART 11 NON-DOMESTIC RATES
- 140 Schemes for reduction and remission of non-domestic rates
- PART 12 GENERAL
- 141 Guidance under Parts 2, 3, 5, 8, 9 and 10: publication
- 142 Subordinate legislation
- 143 Ancillary provision
- 144 Minor and consequential amendments and repeals
- 145 Commencement
- 146 Short title
- SCHEDULE 1 COMMUNITY PLANNING PARTNERS
- SCHEDULE 2 PUBLIC SERVICE AUTHORITIES
- SCHEDULE 3 RELEVANT AUTHORITIES
- SCHEDULE 4 MINOR AND CONSEQUENTIAL AMENDMENTS
- Small Landholders (Scotland) Act 1911
- Compensation (Defence) Act 1939
- Agriculture (Scotland) Act 1948
- Opencast Coal Act 1958
- Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973
- Local Government Act 1992
- Local Government in Scotland Act 2003
- Land Reform (Scotland) Act 2003
- Fire (Scotland) Act 2005
- Schools (Consultation) (Scotland) Act 2010
- Public Services Reform (Scotland) Act 2010
- Police and Fire Reform (Scotland) Act 2012
- SCHEDULE 5 REPEALS
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