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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-civic-government-scotland-act-1982-licensing-of-short-term-lets-amendment-order-2023/note",
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  "legislation": "sdsi/2023/9780111056233",
  "legislation_title": "The Civic Government (Scotland) Act 1982 (Licensing of Short-term Lets) (Amendment) Order 2023",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-civic-government-scotland-act-1982-licensing-of-short-term-lets-amendment-order-2023",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Order)\nThe Civic Government (Scotland) Act 1982 (Licensing of Short-term Lets) Order 2022 introduces a licensing regime for the short-term let of residential accommodation. Article 7 of the Order makes a transitional provision whereby the offence of operating without a licence (under section 7(1) of the Civic Government (Scotland) Act 1982) is not committed in circumstances where a person used a property for a short-term let before 1 October 2022 (“an existing operator”) and submitted an application for a short-term let licence before 1 April 2023 which has not yet been fully determined.\nThis Order extends the date for existing operators to apply for a licence by 6 months from 1 April 2023 to 1 October 2023.\nThe licensing authority has 12 months within which to determine an application for a short-term let licence. Where an existing operator applies for a short-term let licence, the licensing authority may notify the existing operator that they will suspend their consideration of the application for 3 months to enable them to apply for planning permission to use of the property for a short-term let. In those circumstances the 12 month period will commence on the earlier of the date on which the existing operator notifies the licensing authority that a planning application has been made, or 1 July 2023. This Order extends the latest date on which the 12 month period will commence from 1 July 2023 to 1 January 2024.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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  "outstanding_effects": [],
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  "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."
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