{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/town-and-country-planning-scotland-act-1972-repealed-2751997/section-59",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/town-and-country-planning-scotland-act-1972-repealed-2751997/section-59.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1972/52",
  "legislation_title": "Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1972 (repealed 27.5.1997)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/town-and-country-planning-scotland-act-1972-repealed-2751997",
  "path": "section/59",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "59",
  "heading": "Provisional tree preservation orders.",
  "text": "(1) If it appears to a. . . planning authority that a tree preservation order proposed to be made by that authority should take effect immediately without previous confirmation, they may include in the order as made by them a direction that this section shall apply to the order.\n(2) Notwithstanding section 58(4) of this Act, an order which contains such a direction shall take effect provisionally on such date as may be specified therein and shall continue in force by virtue of this section until—\n(a) the expiration of a period of six months beginning with the date on which the order was made; or\n(b) the date on which the order is confirmed. . . ,\nwhichever first occurs.\n(3) Provision shall be made by regulations under this Act for securing—\n(a) that the notices to be given of the making of a tree preservation order containing a direction under this section shall include a statement of the effect of the direction. . . .\n(b) . . .\n(4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .",
  "extent": "S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Word repealed by Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973 (c. 65), s. 172(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words repealed by Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Scotland) Act 1981 (c. 23), Sch. 2 para. 23(1)(a), (2), Sch. 4 except as regards a tree preservation order made before 11.6.1981"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Word and s. 59(3)(b) repealed by Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Scotland) Act 1981 (c. 23), Sch. 2 para. 23(1)(b), (2), Sch. 4 except as regards a tree preservation order made before 11.6.1981"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Ss. 58(11), 59(4) repealed by S.I. 1975/1203, art. 3, Sch."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1972/52/section/59",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:48:43.298883+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."
}