Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1997 (c. 8)

[F1 Part 1A S National Planning Framework

Textual Amendments

F1 Pt. 1A inserted (1.4.2007) by Planning etc. (Scotland) Act 2006 (asp 17), ss. 1, 59(2); S.S.I. 2007/130, art. 2(2), sch.

3D Sustainable development: exercise of functions by Scottish Ministers S

(1) This section applies to the Scottish Ministers in the exercise of their functions of preparing and revising the National Planning Framework.

(2) The Scottish Ministers must exercise those functions with the objective of contributing to sustainable development.

(3) In construing the expression “ sustainable development ” for the purposes of this section, regard may be had to any guidance issued, for the purposes of section 3E, under subsection (3) of that section. ]