{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/participation-request-procedure-scotland-regulations-2017/regulation-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/participation-request-procedure-scotland-regulations-2017/regulation-2.json",
  "legislation": "ssi/2017/39",
  "legislation_title": "The Participation Request (Procedure) (Scotland) Regulations 2017",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/participation-request-procedure-scotland-regulations-2017",
  "path": "regulation/2",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "In these Regulations—\n“the Act” means the Community Empowerment (Scotland) Act 2015;\n“community participation body” means the community participation body which made the participation request;\n“contact address” has the meaning given in regulation 11;\n“public service authority” means the public service authority to whom the participation request is made;\n“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\n“working day” means every day except—\n(a) Saturday and Sunday;\n(b) 25th and 26th December; and\n(c) 1st and 2nd January.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2017/39/regulation/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T21:20:07.363331+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."
}