{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/town-and-country-planning-scotland-act-1997/schedule-5A/paragraph-9",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/town-and-country-planning-scotland-act-1997/schedule-5A/paragraph-9.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/9",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "9",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) Before making or altering a scheme, a planning authority must—\n(a) comply with the requirements for publicising, and inviting representations in relation to, their proposals for making or altering the scheme, and\n(b) wait until the period for representations has expired.\n(2) The Scottish Ministers are to prescribe by regulations—\n(a) the requirements for publicising and inviting representations in relation to proposals for making or altering a scheme, and\n(b) the period for representations.",
  "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)"
    }
  ],
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  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1997/8/schedule/5A/paragraph/9",
    "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."
}