Commentary on Sections Part 3:  Participation requests
37.This Part sets out how a “community participation body” can make a request to a “public service authority” to participate in a process with a view to improving an outcome that results from (or is contributed to by virtue of) the provision of a public service, and how public service authorities are to deal with such requests. The Act provides the main structure of the approach, and there are powers for the Scottish Ministers to make regulations adding more detail about procedures to be followed, timescales, and information to be provided or published. There is also a requirement (in section 34) for public service authorities to have regard to guidance in carrying out their functions under this Part.