{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/town-and-country-planning-development-planning-scotland-regulations-2023/introduction",
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  "legislation": "ssi/2023/101",
  "legislation_title": "The Town and Country Planning (Development Planning) (Scotland) Regulations 2023",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/town-and-country-planning-development-planning-scotland-regulations-2023",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Town And Country Planning\nMade 22nd March 2023\nLaid before the Scottish Parliament 24th March 2023\nComing into force 19th May 2023\nThe Scottish Ministers make the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 15(3) and (4)(a), 16(2)(b), 16B(13) and (14), 18(1)(a), (d) and (e), 19(5) and (5A), 20A(1A)(a) and (b), 20B(7), 21(3)(b) and (7), 23A(1), 23D and 275 of the Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1997 and all other powers enabling them to do so.",
  "extent": "S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1997 c. 8. Part 2 of the Act was substituted by section 2 of the Planning etc. (Scotland) Act 2006 (asp 17) (“the 2006 Act”) and subsequently relevantly amended by sections 7, 9, 10, 11 and 14 and schedule 2 of the Planning (Scotland) Act 2019 (asp 13). Section 275 was relevantly amended by section 54(16) of the 2006 Act. Section 277 contains a definition of prescribed relevant to the exercise of the statutory powers under which these Regulations are made. The functions of the Secretary of State under the Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1997 transferred to the Scottish Ministers by virtue of section 53 of the Scotland Act 1998 (c. 46)."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2023/101/introduction",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T20:45:56.633899+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}