Section 7 Power to seek additional adviceI1

After section 2C of the 2009 Act (inserted by section 6 of this Act), insert—

“Power to seek additional advice

2D

(1)

The Scottish Ministers may request advice from the relevant body at any time on—

(a)

a matter mentioned in section 2C(3),

(b)

any other matter which they consider relevant for the purposes of this Part.

(2)

But any request for advice under subsection (1) on all of the matters mentioned in section 2C(3) is to be treated as having been made under section 2C(1).”.