# Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1972 (repealed 27.5.1997), Section 280: Commencement.

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(1) Except as provided in sections 18 and 279 of this Act and subject to the following provisions of this section, this Act shall come into operation on the expiry of the period of one month beginning with the date on which it is passed; and the date of coming into operation of this Act as aforesaid is in this section referred to as “the commencement date”.
(2) The following provisions of this Act, that is to say—
(a) sections 71 to 83 and 174, this section and paragraphs 24 and 25 of Schedule 22,
(b) sections 253(1)(b), 269, 271, 273 and 275 so far as they relate to any of the provisions of sections 71 to 83 and 174 or anything done or to be done under any such provision,
(c) Schedule 23 so far as it relates to the repeal of Part I of the Control of Office and Industrial Development Act 1965,
(d) any provisions which confer any power to make regulations or orders, or which (whether expressly or as construed in accordance with section 14 of the Interpretation Act 1978 confer any power to revoke or vary any regulations or orders, and
(e) any provisions relating to the exercise of any such power,
shall come into operation on the passing of this Act; but no regulations or order shall be made under this Act so as to come into operation before the commencement date other than any regulations or order made under any of the provisions of sections 71 to 83 of this Act.
(3) In subsection (2) of this section the reference to provisions of this Act relating to the exercise of any such power as is therein mentioned includes a reference to any provisions of this Act whereby statutory instruments containing regulations or an order are subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament, or whereby any regulations or order or any provisions thereof require the approval of each of those Houses.
(4) Any reference in this Act to the commencement of this Act is a reference to the coming into operation of so much of this Act as comes into operation on the commencement date, and any reference to the date of the commencement of this Act is a reference to that date; and if any Act passed after the passing of this Act refers to the commencement of this Act, subsections (2) and (3) of this section and section 18 of this Act shall be disregarded for the purpose of construing that reference in accordance with section 36 of the Interpretation Act 1889 (which relates to the meaning of “commencement” with reference to an Act).
(5) The preceding provisions of this section shall have effect without prejudice to the generality of section 13 of the Interpretation Act 1978 (which relates to the exercise of statutory powers between the passing and the commencement of an Act).

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1972/52/section/280 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/town-and-country-planning-scotland-act-1972-repealed-2751997/section-280
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