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The Planning (Scotland) Act 2019 (Commencement No. 1) Regulations 2019

S.S.I. 2019/314 · Made 3 October 2019

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Town And Country Planning

Made 3rd October 2019

Laid before the Scottish Parliament 7th October 2019

Coming into force 8th November 2019

The Scottish Ministers make the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 63(2) and (3) of the Planning (Scotland) Act 2019f1.

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

2019 asp 13.

Contents

  1. 1Citation, commencement and interpretation
  2. 2Appointed day
  3. Signature
  4. Schedule PROVISIONS OF THE ACT COMING INTO FORCE ON 8THNOVEMBER 2019
  5. Explanatory note

1Citation, commencement and interpretation

(1)

These Regulations may be cited as the Planning (Scotland) Act 2019 (Commencement No. 1) Regulations 2019 and come into force on 8 November 2019.

(2)

In these Regulations—

  • “the Act” means the Planning (Scotland) Act 2019, and

  • “the 1997 Act” means the Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1997f1.

2Appointed day

(1)

Subject to paragraph (2), the day appointed for the coming into force of the provisions of the Act specified in column 1 of the table in the schedule (the subject matter of which is described in column 2 of that table) is 8 November 2019.

(2)

Where a purpose is specified in column 3 of that table in relation to any provision specified in column 1, that provision comes into force on 8 November 2019 only for that purpose.

Signature

KEVIN STEWART

Authorised to sign by the Scottish Ministers

St Andrew’s House,

Edinburgh

3rd October 2019

PROVISIONS OF THE ACT COMING INTO FORCE ON 8THNOVEMBER 2019

Column 1

Provisions of the Act

Column 2

Subject Matter

Column 3

Purpose
Section 1Purpose of planning
Section 2National Planning Framework
Section 3Open space strategyFor the purpose of making regulations under section 3G(5) of the 1997 Actf1
Section 5Strategic development: regional spatial strategiesFor the purpose of issuing, varying, publishing and revoking guidance under section 4ZE of the 1997 Actf2
Section 7Local development plansFor the purpose of—
  1. (a)

    making regulations under sections 16B, 16D, 18, 19, 20A of the 1997 Act, and

  2. (b)

    issuing, varying, publishing and revoking guidance under section 16C of the 1997 Actf3

Section 10Key agencies
Section 11Delivery programmesFor the purpose of making regulations under section 21(7) of the 1997 Actf4
Section 14Local place plansFor the purpose of making regulations under schedule 19 of the 1997 Actf5
Section 62 and paragraph 9 of schedule 2Minor and consequential amendments and repealsFor the purpose of making regulations under section 3G(5)(b) of the 1997 Act

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations bring sections 1, 2 and 10 of the Planning (Scotland) Act 2019 (“the Act”) into force on 8 November 2019 for all purposes and sections 3, 5, 7, 11, 14 and 62 and paragraph 9 of schedule 2 of the Act into force on that date for the limited purposes of enabling regulations to be made and guidance to be issued, varied, published and revoked.

The Bill for the Act received Royal Assent on 25 July 2019. Sections 58 to 61, 63 and 64 came into force on the following day.