{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-deposit-and-return-scheme-for-scotland-regulations-2020/regulation-15",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-deposit-and-return-scheme-for-scotland-regulations-2020/regulation-15.json",
  "legislation": "sdsi/2020/9780111044681",
  "legislation_title": "The Deposit and Return Scheme for Scotland Regulations 2020",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-deposit-and-return-scheme-for-scotland-regulations-2020",
  "path": "regulation/15",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "15",
  "heading": "Approval of scheme administrator",
  "text": "(1) Within 28 days of receipt of an application for approval the Scottish Ministers must—\n(a) where the application complies with regulation 14(2), grant it, or\n(b) otherwise, refuse it.\n(2) Where an application is granted, the Scottish Ministers must, within 7 days of the date on which it is granted, give notice of that decision in writing to the scheme administrator.\n(3) Where the application has been granted, the approval of the scheme administrator takes effect from the date of the decision to grant it until any date on which approval is withdrawn in accordance with regulation 17.\n(4) The Scottish Ministers must publish and maintain a list of scheme administrators in such manner as they consider appropriate.\n(5) Where the application is refused, the Scottish Ministers must, within 7 days of the date on which it is refused, give notice of that decision in writing to the applicant together with—\n(a) the reasons for it, and\n(b) a statement as to the right of review under Part 6.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/sdsi/2020/9780111044681/regulation/15",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-30T15:31:51.979223+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}