Paragraph 5 Appointment of advisor

The Scottish Ministers may appoint a person (“an advisor”) to advise a reporter on such matters (in relation to the appeal) as the Scottish Ministers may specify.

For the purposes of advising the reporter on the matters so specified, an advisor may sit with the reporter at any hearing (in relation to the appeal) held under paragraph 8.

If the Scottish Ministers appoint an advisor in relation to the appeal, they must notify the appellant and SEPA of the name of the advisor and the matters on which the advisor is to advise the reporter.