Community Empowerment (Scotland) Act 2015

Community Empowerment (Scotland) Act 2015
Act of the Scottish Parliament
Long titleAn Act of the Scottish Parliament to make provision about national outcomes; to confer functions on certain persons in relation to services provided by, and assets of, certain public bodies; to amend Parts 2 and 3 of the Land Reform (Scotland) Act 2003; to enable certain bodies to buy abandoned, neglected or detrimental land; to amend section 7C of the Forestry Act 1967; to enable the Scottish Ministers to make provision about supporters’ involvement in and ownership of football clubs; to make provision for registers of common good property and about disposal and use of such property; to restate and amend the law on allotments; to enable participation in decision-making by specified persons having public functions; to enable local authorities to reduce or remit non-domestic rates; and for connected purposes.
Citation2015 asp 6
Introduced byJohn Swinney, Cabinet Secretary for Finance, Constitution and Economy
Territorial extent Scotland
Dates
Royal assent24 July 2015
Commencement15 April 2016
Other legislation
Relates toLand Reform (Scotland) Act 2003
Status: Current legislation
History of passage through Parliament
Text of statute as originally enacted
Revised text of statute as amended

The Community Empowerment (Scotland) Act 2015 (asp 6) is an Act of the Scottish Parliament.[1] The act is notable for expanding the Community Right to Buy established by the Land Reform (Scotland) Act 2003 to include urban communities and for introducing new powers for Scottish Ministers to compel owners of abandoned or neglected to land to interested community bodies.

  1. ^ "Community Empowerment (Scotland) Act 2015" (PDF). Retrieved 5 March 2017.