Section 97 Old mining permissions: ScotlandI1

(1)

Subsection (2) applies if—

(a)

an old mining permission relates to land which is Crown land, and

(b)

the permission has not been registered in pursuance of Part 2 of Schedule 8 to the Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1997.

(2)

Paragraph 10 of that Schedule and that Part apply to the old mining permission subject to the following modifications—

(a)

in sub-paragraph (3) of that paragraph, for “16th May 1991” there is substituted “ the date of commencement of section 97(2) of the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004 ”,

(b)

in paragraph 13(3) of that Part, for “24 January 1992” there is substituted “ the date of commencement of section 97(2) of the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004 ”.

(3)

“Old mining permission” must be construed in accordance with paragraph 10 and Part 2 of that Schedule.

(4)

“Crown land” must be construed in accordance with Part 12 of the Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1997.

Annotations

Commencement

I1: S. 97 in force at 12.6.2006 by S.S.I. 2006/268, art. 3(b)