# Community Empowerment (Scotland) Act 2015, Section 124: Promotion and use of allotments: expenditure


(1) A local authority may incur expenditure for the purpose of—
(a) the promotion of allotments in its area, and
(b) the provision of training by or on behalf of the authority to tenants, or potential tenants, of allotments about the use of allotments.
(2) In deciding whether to exercise the power conferred by subsection (1), a local authority must have regard to the desirability of promoting allotments, or providing training, as mentioned in that subsection in relation to communities which experience socio-economic disadvantage.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2015/6/section/124 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/community-empowerment-scotland-act-2015/section-124
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