Article 15 Confirmation of byelaws

The provisions of sub-sections (4), (5), (6), (7), (8), (10) and (12) of section 202 and section 203 of the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973^f1 shall apply to any byelaws made by the Trustees under the Act of 1847 or this Order as if the Trustees were a local authority and in the application of the provisions of the said Act of 1973 the Secretary of State shall be the confirming authority.

Where the Secretary of State proposes to exercise the power of modification conferred on him under sub-section (10) of section 202 of the said Act of 1973 and it appears to him that any modification which he proposes to make is substantial, he shall inform the Trustees and require them to take any steps he considers necessary for informing persons likely to be concerned with the modification, and shall not confirm the byelaws until such period has elapsed as he thinks reasonable for consideration of, and comment upon, the proposed modification by the Trustees and by other persons who have been informed of it.