Regulation 3 Amendment of the Town and Country Planning (Schemes of Delegation and Local Review Procedure) (Scotland) Regulations 2013

The Town and Country Planning (Schemes of Delegation and Local Review Procedure) (Scotland) Regulations 2013^f1 are amended in accordance with paragraphs (2) and (3).

In regulation 7(2) (local review body) at the beginning insert “Subject to regulation 7A,”.

After regulation 7 insert—

“Temporary removal of requirement to hold meeting of local review body in public during Coronavirus emergency period

7A.

(1)

Regulation 7 applies during the emergency period as if—

(a)

paragraph (2) were omitted, and

(b)

in paragraphs (3) and (4) for “, time and place” there were substituted “and time”.

(2)

For the purposes of this regulation, “emergency period” is the period beginning on 24 April 2020 and ending on the date on which Part 1 of the Coronavirus (Scotland) Act 2020^f2 expires in accordance with section 12 of that Act.”.