# The Asset Transfer Request (Appeals) (Scotland) Regulations 2016, Regulation 2: Interpretation

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(1) In these Regulations—
“the Act” means the Community Empowerment (Scotland) Act 2015;
“asset transfer request” means the asset transfer request to which the appeal relates;
“community transfer body” means the community transfer body which made the asset transfer request;
“contact address” has the meaning given in regulation 16;
“decision notice” means the notice given by the relevant authority of its decision on the asset transfer request;
“hearing session” means a hearing held or to be held into matters specified in a notice given under rule 1(1) of the Hearing Session Rules;
“Hearing Session Rules” means the rules set out in the schedule;
“interested party” means any person from whom the relevant authority received representations (which were not subsequently withdrawn) in connection with the asset transfer request;
“relevant authority” means the relevant authority to whom the asset transfer request is made;
“relevant authority’s response” has the meaning given in regulation 4(2)(a);
“rule” means a rule set out in the schedule;
“specified matters” are, in relation to a request for further written representations or information under regulation 9 or to a particular hearing session, those matters which are set out in the notice given under regulation 9(1) or rule 1(1) of the Hearing Session Rules, as the case may be; and
“working day” means every day except—
(a) Saturday and Sunday;
(b) 25th and 26th December; and
(c) 1st and 2nd January.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2016/359/regulation/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/asset-transfer-request-appeals-scotland-regulations-2016/regulation-2
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