Section 72 Notice of decisionsI1

Scotland

(1)

Any person who makes a decision to which this Chapter applies must, as soon as reasonably practicable after doing so, give notice of it to the person specified in subsection (2) and, where the decision is made by a person to whom OSCR's functions have been delegated by virtue of section 38, OSCR.

(2)

That person is—

(a)

in the case of a decision referred to in paragraph (a), (g), F1(id), (j), (k), F2(l), (n) F3, (p), (pa) F4or (pc) of section 71, the F5charity, body or person in respect of whom the decision was made,

(b)

in the case of a decision referred to in paragraph (e) of that section, the charity which requested OSCR to conduct a review under section 12, and

F6(ba)

in the case of a decision referred to in paragraph (h) of section 71, the charity, body or person with regard to which OSCR is making inquiries under section 28,

F7(bb)

in the case of a decision referred to in paragraph (pb) of section 71, the charity trustees of the charity in respect of which the decision was made,

(c)

in the case of any other decision referred to in F8section 71, the charity in respect of which the decision was made.

(3)

A notice given under this section must—

(a)

set out the decision,

(b)

give the reasons for the decision, and

(c)

where the notice is given to a person specified in subsection (2), advise the recipient of—

(i)

the right to request OSCR to review the decision, and

(ii)

the period within which such a request must be made.

F9(4)

For the purposes of subsection (2)(ba)—

(a)

if OSCR is making inquiries into a body in relation to a period in which the body was a charity, the notice is to be given to the body as required by subsection (2)(ba), but

(b)

if the charity or (as the case may be) body to which notice is to be given has ceased to exist, the notice must be given, to the extent that it is reasonably practicable to do so—

(i)

in the case of a charity, to each person who was a charity trustee of the charity immediately before it ceased to exist,

(ii)

in the case of a body, to each person who appears to the person giving the notice to have been concerned in the management or control of the body immediately before it ceased to exist.