Regulation 1 Citation, commencement and interpretation

These Regulations may be cited as the Town and Country Planning (Short-term Let Control Areas) (Scotland) Regulations 2021 and come into force on 1 April 2021.

In these Regulations—

• “the Act” means the Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1997,

• “commercial consideration” includes—

  1. (a)

     money,

  2. (b)

     a benefit in kind (such as provision of a service, or reciprocal use of a property),

• “community council” means a community council established in accordance with the provisions of Part 4 of the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973^f1,

• “excluded accommodation” means accommodation described in the schedule,

• “section 26B designation” means a designation under section 26B(1) of the Act of an area as a short-term let control area.