{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/public-trusts-reorganisation-scotland-regulations-1993/regulation-5",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/public-trusts-reorganisation-scotland-regulations-1993/regulation-5.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1993/2036",
  "legislation_title": "The Public Trusts (Reorganisation) (Scotland) Regulations 1993",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/public-trusts-reorganisation-scotland-regulations-1993",
  "path": "regulation/5",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "5",
  "heading": "Small trusts: objections",
  "text": "(1) Where, following the publication of the notice in a newspaper as required by regulation 3 above, any person with an interest in the purposes of the small trust wishes to object to what is proposed in the resolution passed by the trustees, he shall send his objection in writing to the trustees at the address specified in the notice to arrive not later than 14 days after the date of publication of the notice in the newspaper and shall state, in his objection–\n(a) his name and address;\n(b) the nature of his interest in the purposes of the trust; and\n(c) the nature of his objection and the reasons for that objection.\n(2) The trustees shall send to the Lord Advocate the following documents to arrive not later than 14 days after the end of the period of 14 days referred to in paragraph (1) above:–\n(a) a copy of any objection which has been received by them; and\n(b) a letter containing any comments which they may have upon that objection,\nand shall, at the same time, send a copy of that letter to the objector who made the objection and shall inform him of–\n(i) his right under paragraph (3) below to send to the Lord Advocate comments upon the points raised in that letter;\n(ii) the address of the Lord Advocate to which those comments should be sent; and\n(iii) the date by which those comments must arrive at that address.\n(3) Any objector, to whom the trustees have sent a copy of their letter to the Lord Advocate as mentioned in paragraph (2) above, may send to the Lord Advocate his written comments upon the points raised in that letter to arrive not later than 14 days after the date on which the trustees sent to him a copy of their letter to the Lord Advocate.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1993/2036/regulation/5",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T13:52:01.623454+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."
}