Explanatory note
(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations bring sections 22, 32, 33 and 38 of, and paragraph 6 of schedule 2 of, the Planning (Scotland) Act 2019 (“the Act”) fully into force on 1 October 2022. They also bring section 62 into force on that date for the limited purposes of the commencement of paragraph 6 of schedule 2 of the Act. These provisions are commenced subject to the saving and transitional provisions in regulation 3.
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.