Regulation 2 Consultation

(1)

The persons specified for the purpose of section 11(e) of the Act are—

(a)

a local authority whose area is contiguous to that of the local authority proposing to make the scheme,

(b)

a Regional Transport Partnership, established by order under section 1 of the Transport (Scotland) Act 2005^f1, in whose region the scheme is operating or will operate,

(c)

a Health Board, constituted by order under section 2 of the National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978^f2, in whose area the scheme is operating or will operate.

(2)

When consulting under section 11 of the Act the local authority proposing to make a scheme must provide the consultees with the information specified in paragraph (4).

(3)

Any person consulted under section 11 of the Act may make such written representations to the local authority as they consider appropriate on the proposal to make a scheme.

(4)

The local authority must provide each consultee with—

(a)

a copy of the proposal to make a scheme which includes the content required under section 14 of the Act,

(b)

a copy of a statement by the local authority setting out the reasons why the proposed scheme should be made,

(c)

notice of—

(i)

the time period for representations to be made under paragraph (3),

(ii)

where representations are to be sent,

(d)

any other information on the proposal which the local authority considers necessary or appropriate.

(5)

The local authority must publish the statement referred to in section 10(2) of the Act when sending that statement to the Scottish Ministers.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: 2005 asp 12.
f2: 1978 c.29; section 2 was relevantly amended by paragraph 1 of schedule 7 of the Health and Social Services and Social Security Adjudications Act 1983 (c.41), section 28(a)(i) and (ii), (b) and (c) of the National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990 (c.19), paragraph 1(2)(a) and (b) of schedule 1 of the National Health Service Reform (Scotland) Act 2004 (asp 7), and paragraph 2(2) of schedule 2 of the Smoking, Health and Social Care (Scotland) Act 2005 (asp 13).