Regulation 2 Interpretation

In these Regulations—

• “the Act” means the Community Empowerment (Scotland) Act 2015;

• “community participation body” means the community participation body which made the participation request;

• “contact address” has the meaning given in regulation 11;

• “public service authority” means the public service authority to whom the participation request is made;

• “validation date” in respect of a participation request is the date on which the participation request is taken to have been made in terms of regulation 5; and

• “working day” means every day except—

  1. (a)

     Saturday and Sunday;

  2. (b)

     25th and 26th December; and

  3. (c)

     1st and 2nd January.