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The Community Planning (Locality Planning) (Scotland) Regulations 2016

S.S.I. 2016/364 · Made 8 November 2016

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Community Empowerment

Made 8th November 2016

Laid before the Scottish Parliament 10th November 2016

Coming into force 20th December 2016

The Scottish Ministers make the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 9(2) of the Community Empowerment (Scotland) Act 2015f1 and all other powers enabling them to do so.

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Footnotes

f1

2015 asp 6.

Contents

  1. 1Citation and commencement
  2. 2Localities
  3. Signature
  4. Explanatory note

1Citation and commencement

These Regulations may be cited as the Community Planning (Locality Planning) (Scotland) Regulations 2016 and come into force on 20th December 2016.

2Localities

For the purposes of section 9(2) of the Community Empowerment (Scotland) Act 2015 a locality must be—

(a)

an electoral ward within the meaning given by section 1 of the Local Governance (Scotland) Act 2004f1; or

(b)

an area within the area of the local authority with a population which does not exceed 30,000.

Signature

KEVIN STEWART

Authorised to sign by the Scottish Ministers

St Andrew’s House,

Edinburgh

8th November 2016

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations describe the localities into which community planning partnerships must divide local authority areas for the purpose of carrying out locality planning under Part 2 of the Community Empowerment (Scotland) Act 2015.