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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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16Bar to creation of new simplified planning zonesS
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(1)The Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1997 is amended as follows.
(2)In section 50 (making of simplified planning zone schemes)—
(a)subsection (1) is repealed,
(b)in subsection (2)—
(i)for the words from the beginning of the subsection to the end of paragraph (a), substitute “ A planning authority may at any time decide― ”,
(ii)in paragraph (b), after “a” insert “ simplified planning zone ”,
(c)in subsection (3), the words “making and” are repealed.
(3)The section title of section 50 becomes “ Alteration of simplified planning zone schemes ”.
(4)In schedule 5 (simplified planning zones)—
(a)in paragraph 2—
(i)the words “make or” are repealed,
(ii)in paragraph (b), the words “the scheme or” are repealed,
(b)the italic heading preceding paragraph 2 becomes “ Notification of proposals to alter scheme ”,
(c)in paragraph 3(1), the words “make or” are repealed,
(d)in paragraph 3(2)—
(i)paragraph (a) is repealed,
(ii)in paragraph (b), for “that period”, substitute “ the 12 months preceding the request ”,
(e)the italic heading preceding paragraph 3 becomes “ Power of Secretary of State to direct alteration of scheme ”,
(f)in paragraph 4(1)—
(i)paragraph (a) is repealed,
(ii)in paragraph (b), for “he considers” substitute “ the Scottish Ministers consider ”,
(iii)the words “, in either case,” are repealed,
(iv)the words “making or, as the case may be,” are repealed,
(g)in paragraph 4(2), for “sub-paragraph (1)(a) or (b), substitute “ sub-paragraph (1)(b) ”,
(h)in paragraph 5(1), the words “make or” are repealed,
(i)in paragraph 5(3)(a), the words “make or” are repealed,
(j)in paragraph 6—
(i)the words “prepared a proposed simplified planning zone scheme, or” are repealed,
(ii)in each place they occur, the words “scheme or” are repealed,
(k)in paragraph 7(1), the words “scheme or” are repealed,
(l)in paragraph 11(1)—
(i)for paragraph (a), substitute—
“(a)a planning authority are directed under paragraph 3 to alter a simplified planning zone scheme in such manner as the Scottish Ministers consider appropriate, and”,
(ii)in paragraph (b), the words “making or, as the case may be,” are repealed,
(iii)the words “a scheme or, as the case may be,” are repealed.
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I1S. 16 in force at 1.4.2024 by S.S.I. 2024/79, reg. 2(1)(2)(c) (with reg. 3)
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