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The Planning etc. (Scotland) Act 2006 (Commencement No. 7) Order 2009

S.S.I. 2009/100 · Made 10 March 2009

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TOWN AND COUNTRY PLANNING

Made 10th March 2009

The Scottish Ministers make the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by section 59(2) of the Planning etc. (Scotland) Act 2006f1.

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

2006 asp 17.

Contents

  1. 1Citation and interpretation
  2. 2Commencement
  3. Signature
  4. Schedule Schedule
  5. Explanatory note

1Citation and interpretation

(1)

This Order may be cited as the Planning etc. (Scotland) Act 2006 (Commencement No. 7) Order 2009.

(2)

In this Order–

  • “the Act” means the Planning etc. (Scotland) Act 2006; and

  • “the Schedule” means the Schedule to this Order.

2Commencement

(1)

Subject to paragraph (2) the provisions of the Act specified in column 1 of the Schedule (and the subject matter of which is described in column 2 of the Schedule), to the extent not already in force, come into force on 6th April 2009 for all purposes.

(2)

Where a particular purpose is specified in column 3 of the Schedule in relation to any provision, that provision shall, to the extent not already in force, come into force on 6th April 2009 only for that purpose.

Signature

STEWART STEVENSON

Authorised to sign by the Scottish Ministers

St Andrew’s House,

Edinburgh

10th March 2009

Column 1Column 2Column 3
Provisions of the ActSubject MatterPurpose
Section 5Hierarchy of developments
Section 11Pre application consultation
Section 17Local developments: schemes of delegationOnly for the purpose of enabling and requiring the preparation and adoption of a scheme of delegation under section 43A(1) of the principal Act
Section 54(17)(a)(i) and (19)Further amendment of the principal ActSection 54(17)(a)(i) is commenced only for the purpose of inserting the definitions of “local developments” and “major developments” into section 277(1) of the principal Act

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

To the extent they are not already in force, this Order brings sections 5, 11 and 54(19) of the Planning etc. (Scotland) Act 2006 (“the Act”) into force on 6th April 2009 for all purposes.

Article 2(2) limits the purposes for which sections 17 and 54(17)(a)(i) of the Act are commenced on 6th April 2009. Section 54(17)(a)(i), to the extent not already in force, is commenced for the purpose of inserting new definitions into section 277 of the Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1997 (c. 8). Section 17 is commenced only for the purposes of enabling and requiring a planning authority to prepare and adopt a scheme of delegation.