Regulation 5 Consultation on additional powers request

the relevant island community,

the person, body or authority that currently exercises the proposed additional power, if not the Scottish Ministers,

any other relevant authority that the requesting local authority considers appropriate, and

any other persons appearing to the requesting local authority to have an interest in the proposed additional power.

give a summary of the proposed additional power,

state the requesting local authority’s reasons for proposing to request the proposed additional power, and

give information about how to make written representations on the proposed additional power (including to whom such representations should be submitted).

state the date of the last day of the consultation period,

advise that this is the period within which written representations must be received by the requesting local authority for them to be taken into account, and

where the requesting local authority has decided to hold a public meeting or meetings on the proposed additional power, the date, time and place of that meeting or those meetings.

starts on the day (or last day) on which the notice required by paragraph (3) is given, and

runs continuously.