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Scottish Statutory Instruments

2022 No. 67 (C. 5)

Town And Country Planning

The Planning (Scotland) Act 2019 (Commencement No. 6 and Transitional Provision) Amendment Regulations 2022

Made

22nd February 2022

Laid before the Scottish Parliament

24th February 2022

Coming into force

30th March 2022

The Scottish Ministers make the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 63(2) and (3) of the Planning (Scotland) Act 2019(1).

Citation and commencement

1.  These Regulations may be cited as the Planning (Scotland) Act 2019 (Commencement No. 6 and Transitional Provision) Amendment Regulations 2022 and come into force on 30 March 2022.

Amendment of the Planning (Scotland) Act 2019 (Commencement No. 6 and Transitional Provision) Regulations 2021

2.—(1) The Planning (Scotland) Act 2019 (Commencement No. 6 and Transitional Provision) Regulations 2021(2) are amended in accordance with paragraphs (2) and (3).

(2) In regulation 3 (appointed day – pre-application consultation) for “1 April 2022” substitute “1 October 2022”.

(3) In regulation 4 (transitional provision)—

(a)in paragraph (1) for “1 April 2022” substitute “1 October 2022”, and

(b)in paragraph (2) for “1 April 2022” substitute “1 October 2022”.

TOM ARTHUR

Authorised to sign by the Scottish Ministers

St Andrew’s House,

Edinburgh

22nd February 2022

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations amend the Planning (Scotland) Act 2019 (Commencement No. 6 and Transitional Provision) Regulations 2021. The changes made by regulation 2(2) amend those Regulations to bring section 18(3) of the Planning (Scotland) Act 2019 (“the Act”) into force on 1 October 2022 rather than 1 April 2022. Regulation 2(3) makes consequential changes to the transitional provision contained in regulation 4 of those Regulations.