{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/town-and-country-planning-scotland-act-1997/schedule-5A/paragraph-17",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/town-and-country-planning-scotland-act-1997/schedule-5A/paragraph-17.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1997/8",
  "legislation_title": "Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1997",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/town-and-country-planning-scotland-act-1997",
  "path": "schedule/5A/paragraph/17",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "17",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) Unless stated otherwise, the enactments mentioned in sub-paragraph (2) apply to the making, or alteration, of a scheme by the Scottish Ministers under paragraph 16—\n(a) as they apply to the making or (as the case may be) alteration of a scheme by a planning authority, but\n(b) subject to the modifications set out in sub-paragraphs (3) to (6).\n(2) The enactments referred to in sub-paragraph (1) are—\n(a) Part 3, and\n(b) any regulations made under—\n(i) Part 3, or\n(ii) paragraph 22.\n(3) References to a planning authority are to be read as references to the Scottish Ministers.\n(4) References to a planning authority's district are to the district in which the area to which the scheme relates lies (or would lie were the scheme or alteration in question made).\n(5) References to a committee of a planning authority are to—\n(a) the Scottish Ministers, or\n(b) a person appointed by the Scottish Ministers to discharge the function in question on their behalf.\n(6) Requirements to—\n(a) consult, and\n(b) send things to,\nthe Scottish Ministers do not apply.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Sch. 5A inserted (1.4.2024 for specified purposes, 5.12.2024 in so far as not already in force) by Planning (Scotland) Act 2019 (asp 13), ss. 15(3), 63(2); S.S.I. 2024/79, reg. 2(1)(2)(b)(4); S.S.I. 2024/252, reg. 2(2)(b)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1997/8/schedule/5A/paragraph/17",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:28:15.132338+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."
}