Section 43A Power to modify the meaning of “relevant body”F1

(1)

The Scottish Ministers may by regulations modify the meaning of “relevant body” in section 43 to add or remove a person or a description of a person.

(2)

Regulations under subsection (1) may make—

(a)

different provision for different purposes,

(b)

incidental, transitional, transitory or saving provision.

(3)

Where the Scottish Ministers propose to make regulations under subsection (1) to add a person or a description of a person, before laying a draft of a Scottish statutory instrument containing the regulations before the Scottish Parliament, they must consult—

(a)

where a person is proposed to be added, that person or a person who appears to the Scottish Ministers to represent the interests of that person,

(b)

where a description of a person is proposed to be added, a person who appears to the Scottish Ministers to represent the interests of a person of that description.

(4)

Regulations under subsection (1) are subject to the affirmative procedure.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: S. 43A inserted (1.4.2026 for the purpose of making regulations) by Housing (Scotland) Act 2025 (asp 13), ss. 52(13), 86(2); S.S.I. 2026/115, reg. 2(1)(5), sch. Pt. 1

Notes on Part II

Modifications

C1

Pt. II (ss. 24-43) excluded (26.7.1993) by 1993 c. 23, s. 4(1)(5), Sch. 1 para. 8; S.I. 1993/1655, art. 2.

Pt. II (ss. 24-43) modified (26.7.1993) by 1993 c. 23, s. 4(5), Sch. 1 para. 4, (with Sch. 1 para. 8); S.I. 1993/1655, art. 2.

C2

Pt. II (ss. 24-43) restricted (19.8.1996) by 1996 c. 49, s. 9; S.I. 1996/2127, art. 2, Sch. Pt. I