{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-parks-scotland-act-2000/schedule-4/paragraph-1",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-parks-scotland-act-2000/schedule-4/paragraph-1.json",
  "legislation": "asp/2000/10",
  "legislation_title": "National Parks (Scotland) Act 2000",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-parks-scotland-act-2000",
  "path": "schedule/4/paragraph/1",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": "Requirement to make staff or property transfer scheme",
  "text": "(1) If the Scottish Ministers consider that it is necessary or expedient in connection with the making of an order under section 6 or 30(1) or the exercise by a National Park authority of its functions, they may—\n(a) require a local authority any part of whose area is within the National Park to make—\n(i) a scheme for the transfer of employees of the local authority to a National Park authority or another local authority,\n(ii) a scheme for the transfer of property and liabilities of the local authority to a National Park authority or another local authority,\n(b) require a National Park authority to make—\n(i) a scheme for the transfer of employees of the National Park authority to a local authority or another National Park authority,\n(ii) a scheme for the transfer of property and liabilities of the National Park authority to a local authority or another National Park authority.\n(2) In this schedule—\n“property transfer scheme” means a scheme under sub-paragraph (1)(a)(ii) or (b)(ii),\n“staff transfer scheme” means a scheme under sub-paragraph (1)(a)(i) or (b)(i),\n“transferee authority” means the authority to which staff or, as the case may be, property and liabilities are transferred, or proposed to be transferred, by a transfer scheme,\n“transferor authority” means the authority required (or to be required) to make a transfer scheme.\n(3) Before making a requirement under sub-paragraph (1) the Scottish Ministers must consult—\n(a) the transferor authority,\n(b) the transferee authority,\n(c) every local authority any part of whose area is within the National Park.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2000/10/schedule/4/paragraph/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T20:17:23.207201+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."
}