Asset Transfers
Part 5 of the Community Empowerment Act introduces a right for community bodies to make requests to a wide-ranging list of public bodies, for any land or buildings they feel they could make better use of. They can request ownership, lease or other rights, as they wish.
The Act requires those public authorities to transparently assess requests against a specified list of criteria, and to agree the request unless there are reasonable grounds for refusal. The asset transfer legislation came into force on 23 January 2017. |