The Planning (Scotland) Act 2019 (Commencement No. 12 and Saving and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2023

Saving and transitional provisions – action programmes

5.—(1) This regulation applies in relation to an action programme in respect of which a planning authority have published a proposed action programme under section 21(4) of the 1997 Act before 19 May 2023.

(2) Where this regulation applies—

(a) subsections (2) to (8) of section 21 of the 1997 Act continue to apply in respect of that action programme as they had effect immediately before 19 May 2023,

(b) subsections (9) and (10) of section 21 of the 1997 Act continue to apply in respect of the action programme as published under section 21(8), or as re-published under section 21(10), as they had effect immediately before 19 May 2023 subject to the modifications in paragraph (3).

(3) The modifications are—

(a) in section 21(9), the requirement to review, update and re-publish the action programme is to be treated as a requirement to review the action programme and to update it and publish it as a delivery programme,

(b) in section 21(10), the reference to re-publication of an action programme is to be treated as a reference to publication of that delivery programme.