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- specified provision(s) amendment to earlier commencing S.S.I. 2019/377, reg. 9 by S.S.I. 2019/411 reg. 2
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11Delivery programmesS
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(1)The Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1997 is amended as follows.
(2)In section 21 (action programmes)—
(a)in subsection (2), for “an action” substitute “ a delivery ”,
(b)in subsection (3), for “the action” substitute “ a delivery ”,
(c)in subsection (4), for “action” substitute “ delivery ”,
(d)after subsection (4) insert—
“(4A)It is the duty of the head of the planning authority's paid service (designated under section 4 of the Local Government and Housing Act 1989) to prepare the proposed delivery programme.
(4B)The planning authority must approve the proposed delivery programme before it is published.
(4C)Section 56 of the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973 (arrangements for discharge of functions by local authorities) does not apply to the function of approving a proposed delivery programme.”,
(e)in subsection (5), for “action” in both places it occurs substitute “ delivery ”,
(f)in subsection (6), for “An action” substitute “ A delivery ”,
(g)in subsection (7), for “an action” substitute “ a delivery ”,
(h)in subsection (8), for “action” substitute “ delivery ”,
(i)in subsection (9), for “action” substitute “ delivery ”,
(j)in subsection (10), for “an action” substitute “ a delivery ”.
(3)The section title of section 21 becomes “ Delivery programmes ”.
(4)The italic heading immediately preceding section 20B becomes “ Development plan schemes and delivery programmes ”.
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I1S. 11 in force at 8.11.2019 for specified purposes by S.S.I. 2019/314, reg. 2, sch.
I2S. 11 in force at 19.5.2023 in so far as not already in force by S.S.I. 2023/100, reg. 2(2)(c) (with reg. 5)
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